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1919.70 General provisions

29 CFR 1919.70 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued December 3, 1984 to May 7, 2003 · Data through October 22, 2026

Title checked against CFR editions from 1997 on.

Citations
5
citation items issued
Inspections
5
each counted once
Initial penalties
$1,750
as first assessed
Current penalties
$1,376
78.6% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$113median current penalty per citation
$225median initial penalty per citation
66.7%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced
20.0%of citations were contested

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

Serious (S)360.0% share$1,376current total33.3%contested
Citations
3
Share
60.0%
Current total
$1,376
Initial total
$1,750
Median current
$263
Contested
33.3%
Other (O)240.0% share$0current total0.0%contested
Citations
2
Share
40.0%
Current total
$0
Initial total
$0
Median current
$0
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.

200320.00% of all citations2inspections$376current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$376
Median current
$188
All records issued in 2003
199310.00% of all citations1inspections$1,000current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$1,000
Median current
$1,000
All records issued in 1993
198420.00% of all citations2inspections$0current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 1984

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1919.70, each inspection counted once.

Planned (H)480.0%
Unprogrammed Related (G)120.0%

Cited alongside 1919.70

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 5 inspections citing 1919.70.

1903.2 Posting of Notices; Availability of the Act, Regulations and Applicable Standards240.0%
1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)240.0%
1910.305240.0%
1915.12 Precautions and the Order of Testing Before Entering Confined Spaces240.0%
1904.2120.0%
1910.178120.0%
1910.253 Oxygen-Fuel Gas Welding and Cutting120.0%
1915.55 Gas Welding and Cutting120.0%
1915.74 Access to Vessels120.0%
1915.98120.0%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-10240.0%
11-49240.0%
50-249120.0%

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

Owner

Private (A)5100.0%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

40.0% of these citations (2 of 5) 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.

336Transportation Equipment Manufacturing2100.0% of coded citations

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

1980s20 with NAICS (0.0%)
1990s10 with NAICS (0.0%)
2000s22 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

19190070 A5$1,376 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 1919.70: General provisions

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. Records are refreshed from published DOL data. We strive for accuracy, but errors in data processing or establishment grouping are possible. Penalty amounts reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts after informal conference, settlement, or judicial review. Company pages group inspection records by normalized employer name, city, and state as reported in OSHA records. That grouping is deterministic and non-fuzzy, but it is not a universal legal-entity identifier. If you believe any record is inaccurate, please report it and we will investigate. This product uses the DOL Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the DOL. For official and authoritative records, visit osha.gov.