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1917.5 Compliance duties owed to each employee

29 CFR 1917.5 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued February 15, 2013 to April 26, 2023 · Data through November 9, 2026

Citations
4
citation items issued
Inspections
4
each counted once
Initial penalties
$15,528
as first assessed
Current penalties
$13,246
85.3% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$2,923median current penalty per citation
$4,064median initial penalty per citation
50.0%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced
0.0%of citations were contested

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

Other (O)250.0% share$1,246current total0.0%contested
Citations
2
Share
50.0%
Current total
$1,246
Initial total
$1,528
Median current
$623
Contested
0.0%
Serious (S)250.0% share$12,000current total0.0%contested
Citations
2
Share
50.0%
Current total
$12,000
Initial total
$14,000
Median current
$6,000
Contested
0.0%

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.

202310.00% of all citations1inspections$846current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$846
Median current
$846
All records issued in 2023
201610.00% of all citations1inspections$5,000current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$5,000
Median current
$5,000
All records issued in 2016
201510.00% of all citations1inspections$400current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$400
Median current
$400
All records issued in 2015
201310.00% of all citations1inspections$7,000current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$7,000
Median current
$7,000
All records issued in 2013

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1917.5, each inspection counted once.

Referral (C)4100.0%

Cited alongside 1917.5

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 4 inspections citing 1917.5.

1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks125.0%
1917.27 Personnel125.0%
1917.44125.0%
1917.71 Terminals Handling Intermodal Containers or Roll-On Roll-Off Operations125.0%
1917.93 Head Protection125.0%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-10125.0%
50-249125.0%
250-999250.0%

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

Owner

Private (A)375.0%
Local government (B)125.0%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

100.0% of these citations (4 of 4) 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 Transportation375.0% of coded citations
561Administrative and Support Services125.0% of coded citations

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

2010s33 with NAICS (100.0%)
2020s11 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

19170005 B3$6,246 current penalties
19170005 A1$7,000 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 1917.5: Compliance duties owed to each employee

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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