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1917.125 Guarding temporary hazards

29 CFR 1917.125 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued March 26, 1984 to February 6, 2020 · Data through November 6, 2026

Title checked against CFR editions from 1997 on.

Citations
19
citation items issued
Inspections
19
each counted once
Initial penalties
$18,865
as first assessed
Current penalties
$11,929
63.2% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$0median current penalty per citation
$0median initial penalty per citation
75.0%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced
15.8%of citations were contested

Same order as the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a type for all figures.

Other (O)1157.9% share$2,619current total18.2%contested
Citations
11
Share
57.9%
Current total
$2,619
Initial total
$2,619
Median current
$0
Contested
18.2%
Serious (S)842.1% share$9,310current total12.5%contested
Citations
8
Share
42.1%
Current total
$9,310
Initial total
$16,246
Median current
$920
Contested
12.5%

Citations by year issued

Counts use the recorded citation issue year. "Of all citations" is the share of every citation issued that year.

Newest first, as in the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a year for all figures.

202010.00% of all citations1inspections$4,000current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$4,000
Median current
$4,000
All records issued in 2020
201810.00% of all citations1inspections$2,619current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$2,619
Median current
$2,619
All records issued in 2018
201510.00% of all citations1inspections$1,470current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$1,470
Median current
$1,470
All records issued in 2015
201310.00% of all citations1inspections$1,200current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$1,200
Median current
$1,200
All records issued in 2013
201010.00% of all citations1inspections$840current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$840
Median current
$840
All records issued in 2010
200120.00% of all citations2inspections$0current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 2001
199910.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1999
199720.00% of all citations2inspections$1,700current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$1,700
Median current
$850
All records issued in 1997
199430.00% of all citations3inspections$0current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
3
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1994
199230.00% of all citations3inspections$100current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
3
Current total
$100
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1992
Show earlier years

Newest first, as in the full table. Bars compare the rows shown. Tap a year for all figures.

199110.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1991
198610.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1986
198410.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1984

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1917.125, each inspection counted once.

Planned (H)1157.9%
Complaint (B)421.1%
Referral (C)210.5%
Accident (A)15.3%
Programmed Related (I)15.3%

Cited alongside 1917.125

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 19 inspections citing 1917.125.

1917.112 Guarding of Edges947.4%
1910.305842.1%
1917.26736.8%
1910.303631.6%
1917.111 Maintenance and Load Limits631.6%
1917.45526.3%
1917.151 Machine Guarding526.3%
1910.304421.1%
1917.152421.1%
1910.1200315.8%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-10842.1%
11-49842.1%
50-249315.8%

Inspections, each counted once. Shares are of inspections with a usable employee count.

Owner

Private (A)1894.7%
Not recorded15.3%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

26.3% of these citations (5 of 19) come from inspections with an industry code. Coverage varies by decade of issue (see the table), so this view mostly reflects the decades with coded records. NAICS as recorded by DOL on the inspection record.

488Support Activities for Transportation360.0% of coded citations
321Wood Product Manufacturing120.0% of coded citations
811Repair and Maintenance120.0% of coded citations

Bar: NAICS coverage, on a 0 to 100% scale.

1980s20 with NAICS (0.0%)
1990s100 with NAICS (0.0%)
2000s20 with NAICS (0.0%)
2010s44 with NAICS (100.0%)
2020s11 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

1917012519$11,929 current penalties

Codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them. Counts reflect citation records, not the frequency of incidents or hazards.

About this data
  • Citations are citation items in DOL's OSHA enforcement data, federal and State Plan, deleted items excluded. Inspections are counted once each.
  • Initial penalties are the amounts first assessed (DOL "Initial Penalty"); current penalties include later changes such as settlements (DOL "Current Penalty"). Amounts are as recorded, not adjusted for inflation.
  • Median penalty per citation: the middle value of the amounts recorded on these citations, counting $0 amounts and leaving out citations with no amount recorded, shown in whole dollars. A median is computed for one group only and is never combined with another.
  • Later reduced: the share of citations with an initial penalty above $0 whose current penalty is lower than the initial penalty.
  • Contested: the share of citations with a DOL "Contested Date" recorded.
  • Violation, inspection and owner types use DOL's own labels. A value outside DOL's list is shown as recorded, marked "not in DOL's list". Paragraph codes are shown exactly as OSHA records them.
  • Industry is the NAICS code on the inspection record, as recorded by DOL. Employee counts are DOL "Number of Employees" on the inspection; counts of 99,999 or more are not published as a headcount, a rule of this site.
  • Having OSHA inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries.

Regulatory Reference

29 CFR 1917.125: Guarding temporary hazards

Read the full regulatory text on eCFR.gov

Official Resources

Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

Data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement database, accessed via the DOL public data API. Errors in data processing or establishment grouping are possible. Penalty amounts are the latest on record and may differ from the initial assessment or the final amount after informal conference, settlement or judicial review. Company pages group records by employer name, city and state as OSHA reported them, not by legal entity (methodology). Found an error? Report it. This product uses the DOL Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the DOL. For official and authoritative records, visit osha.gov.

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