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1926.1080 Safe practices manual

29 CFR 1926.1080 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued May 6, 1994 to August 7, 2026 · Data through November 6, 2026

Title checked against CFR editions from 1997 on.

Citations
7
citation items issued
Inspections
6
each counted once
Initial penalties
$19,250
as first assessed
Current penalties
$13,600
70.6% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$1,350median current penalty per citation
$3,000median initial penalty per citation
60.0%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced
28.6%of citations were contested

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

Serious (S)571.4% share$12,100current total20.0%contested
Citations
5
Share
71.4%
Current total
$12,100
Initial total
$14,250
Median current
$1,350
Contested
20.0%
Other (O)114.3% share$0current total0.0%contested
Citations
1
Share
14.3%
Current total
$0
Initial total
$0
Median current
$0
Contested
0.0%
Repeat (R)114.3% share$1,500current total100.0%contested
Citations
1
Share
14.3%
Current total
$1,500
Initial total
$5,000
Median current
$1,500
Contested
100.0%

Citations by year issued

Counts use the recorded citation issue year. "Of all citations" is the share of every citation issued that year. 2026 is year to date through November 6, 2026.

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

2026 YTD10.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 2026
199540.00% of all citations3inspections$11,350current total
Citations
4
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
3
Current total
$11,350
Median current
$3,175
All records issued in 1995
199420.00% of all citations2inspections$2,250current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$2,250
Median current
$1,125
All records issued in 1994

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1926.1080, each inspection counted once.

Referral (C)233.3%
Accident (A)116.7%
Complaint (B)116.7%
Follow-Up (F)116.7%
Fatality/Catastrophe (M)116.7%

Cited alongside 1926.1080

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 6 inspections citing 1926.1080.

1926.1076 Qualifications of dive team583.3%
1926.1081 Pre-dive procedures583.3%
1926.1082 Procedures during dive466.7%
1926.1090466.7%
1926.1083 Post-dive procedures350.0%
1926.1084 SCUBA diving233.3%
1904.4116.7%
1926.21116.7%
1926.106 Working Over or Near Water116.7%
1926.350 Gas Welding and Cutting116.7%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-10116.7%
11-49233.3%
50-249350.0%

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

Owner

Private (A)6100.0%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

14.3% of these citations (1 of 7) 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.

721Accommodation1100.0% of coded citations

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

1990s60 with NAICS (0.0%)
2020s11 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

19261080 A5$13,600 current penalties
192610801$0 current penalties
19261080 B02 III1$0 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 1926.1080: Safe practices manual

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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