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1918.98

29 CFR 1918.98 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued September 14, 1972 to June 12, 2023 · Data through November 9, 2026

No title is shown where a single title could not be confirmed against the CFR editions in force across the code's citation years.

CFR section heading by edition: 1997 "Grain fitting"; 1998 to 2025 "Qualifications of machinery operators and supervisory training". Editions not listed were outside the code's citation years or missing from govinfo's bulk data.

Citations
29
citation items issued
Inspections
26
each counted once
Initial penalties
$76,090
as first assessed
Current penalties
$55,550
73.0% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$812median current penalty per citation
$1,200median initial penalty per citation
66.7%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced
27.6%of citations were contested

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

Serious (S)1862.1% share$51,905current total33.3%contested
Citations
18
Share
62.1%
Current total
$51,905
Initial total
$69,345
Median current
$1,995
Contested
33.3%
Other (O)1137.9% share$3,645current total18.2%contested
Citations
11
Share
37.9%
Current total
$3,645
Initial total
$6,745
Median current
$0
Contested
18.2%

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.

202330.00% of all citations3inspections$13,250current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
3
Current total
$13,250
Median current
$6,250
All records issued in 2023
202210.00% of all citations1inspections$4,351current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$4,351
Median current
$4,351
All records issued in 2022
201910.00% of all citations1inspections$9,945current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$9,945
Median current
$9,945
All records issued in 2019
201510.00% of all citations1inspections$840current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$840
Median current
$840
All records issued in 2015
201410.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 2014
201230.00% of all citations2inspections$7,700current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$7,700
Median current
$2,940
All records issued in 2012
200910.00% 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 2009
200630.00% of all citations2inspections$8,100current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$8,100
Median current
$3,675
All records issued in 2006
200510.00% of all citations1inspections$900current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$900
Median current
$900
All records issued in 2005
200430.00% of all citations3inspections$1,050current total
Citations
3
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
3
Current total
$1,050
Median current
$0
All records issued in 2004
Show earlier years

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

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
200040.00% of all citations4inspections$4,029current total
Citations
4
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
4
Current total
$4,029
Median current
$650
All records issued in 2000
197910.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1979
197710.00% of all citations1inspections$240current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$240
Median current
$240
All records issued in 1977
197510.00% of all citations1inspections$35current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$35
Median current
$35
All records issued in 1975
197220.00% of all citations1inspections$110current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$110
Median current
$55
All records issued in 1972

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1918.98, each inspection counted once.

Accident (A)934.6%
Planned (H)726.9%
Referral (C)415.4%
Fatality/Catastrophe (M)415.4%
Complaint (B)13.8%
Unprogrammed Related (G)13.8%

Cited alongside 1918.98

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 26 inspections citing 1918.98.

1918.81 Slinging830.8%
1918.100415.4%
1918.105415.4%
1918.11311.5%
1918.24311.5%
1918.97311.5%
1904.29 Forms27.7%
1910.178 Powered Industrial Trucks27.7%
1918.2127.7%
1918.37 Barges27.7%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-10311.5%
11-491142.3%
50-2491038.5%
250-99927.7%

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

Owner

Private (A)2284.6%
Not recorded415.4%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

62.1% of these citations (18 of 29) 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 Transportation1794.4% of coded citations
424Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods15.6% of coded citations

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

1970s50 with NAICS (0.0%)
2000s148 with NAICS (57.1%)
2010s66 with NAICS (100.0%)
2020s44 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

19180098 B0116$29,179 current penalties
19180098 A017$22,366 current penalties
19180098 A033$295 current penalties
19180098 B022$3,675 current penalties
19180098 E1$35 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.

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Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

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