1926.959

29 CFR 1926.959 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued February 8, 1974 to August 24, 2026 · Data through October 22, 2026

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Citations

citation items issued

Inspections

each counted once

Initial penalties

$414,781

as first assessed

Current penalties

$330,689

79.7% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$1,400median current penalty per citation

$2,800median initial penalty per citation

36.2%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced

34.1%of citations were contested

OSHA violation type	Citations	Share	Median current	Contested	Initial total	Current total
Serious (S)	45	51.1%	$3,000	40.0%	$241,683	$181,305
Other (O)	43	48.9%	$25	27.9%	$173,098	$149,384

CitationsPenaltiesContested

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

Serious (S)4551.1% share$181,305current total40.0%contested

Citations: 45
Share: 51.1%
Current total: $181,305
Initial total: $241,683
Median current: $3,000
Contested: 40.0%

Other (O)4348.9% share$149,384current total27.9%contested

Citations: 43
Share: 48.9%
Current total: $149,384
Initial total: $173,098
Median current: $25
Contested: 27.9%

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 October 22, 2026.

Issued	Citations	Of all citations	Inspections	Median current	Current total
2026 YTD	4	0.00%	4	$11,751	$41,851
2025	11	0.01%	4	$7,000	$72,600
2024	6	0.00%	6	$3,150	$33,369
2023	2	0.00%	2	$7,135	$14,270
2022	2	0.00%	2	$7,750	$15,500
2021	4	0.00%	2	$10,172	$33,996
2020	2	0.00%	2	$5,900	$11,800
2019	5	0.00%	4	$3,789	$21,312
2018	3	0.00%	3	$7,000	$23,814
2017	7	0.00%	6	$3,169	$27,665

CitationsInspectionsPenalties

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

2026 YTD40.00% of all citations4inspections$41,851current total

Citations: 4
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 4
Current total: $41,851
Median current: $11,751

All records issued in 2026

2025110.01% of all citations4inspections$72,600current total

Citations: 11
Of all citations: 0.01%
Inspections: 4
Current total: $72,600
Median current: $7,000

All records issued in 2025

202460.00% of all citations6inspections$33,369current total

Citations: 6
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 6
Current total: $33,369
Median current: $3,150

All records issued in 2024

202320.00% of all citations2inspections$14,270current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $14,270
Median current: $7,135

All records issued in 2023

202220.00% of all citations2inspections$15,500current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $15,500
Median current: $7,750

All records issued in 2022

202140.00% of all citations2inspections$33,996current total

Citations: 4
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $33,996
Median current: $10,172

All records issued in 2021

202020.00% of all citations2inspections$11,800current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $11,800
Median current: $5,900

All records issued in 2020

201950.00% of all citations4inspections$21,312current total

Citations: 5
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 4
Current total: $21,312
Median current: $3,789

All records issued in 2019

201830.00% of all citations3inspections$23,814current total

Citations: 3
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 3
Current total: $23,814
Median current: $7,000

All records issued in 2018

201770.00% of all citations6inspections$27,665current total

Citations: 7
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 6
Current total: $27,665
Median current: $3,169

All records issued in 2017

Show earlier years

Issued	Citations	Of all citations	Inspections	Median current	Current total
2016	10	0.01%	6	$1,400	$21,798
2015	3	0.00%	2	$3,000	$10,000
2000	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1993	2	0.00%	2	$1,100	$2,200
1992	2	0.00%	2	$138	$276
1991	2	0.00%	2	$0	$0
1989	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1988	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1986	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1985	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1984	2	0.00%	2	$39	$78
1982	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1979	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1977	1	0.00%	1	$0	$0
1976	11	0.00%	8	$0	$90
1974	2	0.00%	2	$35	$70

CitationsInspectionsPenalties

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2016100.01% of all citations6inspections$21,798current total

Citations: 10
Of all citations: 0.01%
Inspections: 6
Current total: $21,798
Median current: $1,400

All records issued in 2016

201530.00% of all citations2inspections$10,000current total

Citations: 3
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $10,000
Median current: $3,000

All records issued in 2015

200010.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 2000

199320.00% of all citations2inspections$2,200current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $2,200
Median current: $1,100

All records issued in 1993

199220.00% of all citations2inspections$276current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $276
Median current: $138

All records issued in 1992

199120.00% of all citations2inspections$0current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1991

198910.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1989

198810.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1988

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

198510.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1985

198420.00% of all citations2inspections$78current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $78
Median current: $39

All records issued in 1984

198210.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1982

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$0current total

Citations: 1
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 1
Current total: $0
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1977

1976110.00% of all citations8inspections$90current total

Citations: 11
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 8
Current total: $90
Median current: $0

All records issued in 1976

197420.00% of all citations2inspections$70current total

Citations: 2
Of all citations: 0.00%
Inspections: 2
Current total: $70
Median current: $35

All records issued in 1974

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1926.959, each inspection counted once.

Referral (C)2739.1%

Planned (H)2130.4%

Fatality/Catastrophe (M)913.0%

Complaint (B)68.7%

Accident (A)45.8%

Unprogrammed Related (G)22.9%

Cited alongside 1926.959

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 69 inspections citing 1926.959.

1926.9521826.1%

1926.9501623.2%

1926.9601217.4%

1926.9511014.5%

1910.37913.0%

1926.556913.0%

1910.309811.6%

1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers710.1%

1910.2568.7%

1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding)57.2%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

1-103144.9%

11-491826.1%

50-2491217.4%

250-99957.2%

1000+34.3%

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

Owner

Private (A)4768.1%

Not recorded1318.8%

Local government (B)68.7%

State government (C)22.9%

Federal (D)11.4%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

67.0% of these citations (59 of 88) 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.

Industry (NAICS as recorded by DOL, 3 digits)	Citations	Of coded citations
237 Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction	27	45.8%
238 Specialty Trade Contractors	19	32.2%
221 Utilities	11	18.6%
115 Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry	1	1.7%
561 Administrative and Support Services	1	1.7%

237Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction2745.8% of coded citations

238Specialty Trade Contractors1932.2% of coded citations

221Utilities1118.6% of coded citations

115Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry11.7% of coded citations

561Administrative and Support Services11.7% of coded citations

Issued in	Citations	With NAICS	Coverage
1970s	15	0	0.0%
1980s	7	0	0.0%
1990s	6	0	0.0%
2000s	1	0	0.0%
2010s	28	28	100.0%
2020s	31	31	100.0%

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

1970s150 with NAICS (0.0%)

1980s70 with NAICS (0.0%)

1990s60 with NAICS (0.0%)

2000s10 with NAICS (0.0%)

2010s2828 with NAICS (100.0%)

2020s3131 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

OSHA citation code, as recorded	Citations	Current penalties
19260959 D02	19	$132,171
19260959 B03	14	$30
19260959 D01	11	$76,043
19260959 A01	6	$8,587
19260959 D03 I	6	$31,677
19260959 A02	5	$16,478
19260959 D03	5	$17,950
19260959 D03 III	5	$18,200
19260959 D03 II	4	$11,900
19260959 B02 I	3	$105
19260959 B 3	2	$0
19260959 C	2	$8,051

19260959 D0219$132,171 current penalties

19260959 B0314$30 current penalties

19260959 D0111$76,043 current penalties

19260959 A016$8,587 current penalties

19260959 D03 I6$31,677 current penalties

19260959 A025$16,478 current penalties

19260959 D035$17,950 current penalties

19260959 D03 III5$18,200 current penalties

19260959 D03 II4$11,900 current penalties

19260959 B02 I3$105 current penalties

19260959 B 32$0 current penalties

19260959 C2$8,051 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 1926.959

Read the full regulatory text on eCFR.gov

Official Resources

Full Standard Text

29 CFR 1926.959 on OSHA.gov

osha.gov

Electronic Code of Federal Regulations

Part 1926 full regulatory text

ecfr.gov

Data Source and Methodology

DOL source data

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