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1928.21

29 CFR 1928.21 · Read the standard on eCFR · Citations issued March 17, 2016 to October 28, 2024 · Data through October 28, 2026

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Citations
7
citation items issued
Inspections
7
each counted once
Initial penalties
$17,297
as first assessed
Current penalties
$12,116
70.0% of initial

Penalties and violation types

$1,383median current penalty per citation
$2,765median initial penalty per citation
66.7%of citations with an initial penalty were later reduced
14.3%of citations were contested

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

Serious (S)685.7% share$12,116current total0.0%contested
Citations
6
Share
85.7%
Current total
$12,116
Initial total
$17,297
Median current
$1,442
Contested
0.0%
Other (O)114.3% share$0current total100.0%contested
Citations
1
Share
14.3%
Current total
$0
Initial total
$0
Median current
$0
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.

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

202420.00% of all citations2inspections$6,706current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$6,706
Median current
$3,353
All records issued in 2024
202010.00% of all citations1inspections$0current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$0
Median current
$0
All records issued in 2020
201920.00% of all citations2inspections$3,850current total
Citations
2
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
2
Current total
$3,850
Median current
$1,925
All records issued in 2019
201710.00% of all citations1inspections$1,500current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$1,500
Median current
$1,500
All records issued in 2017
201610.00% of all citations1inspections$60current total
Citations
1
Of all citations
0.00%
Inspections
1
Current total
$60
Median current
$60
All records issued in 2016

How the inspections started

DOL inspection type of each inspection citing 1928.21, each inspection counted once.

Complaint (B)457.1%
Fatality/Catastrophe (M)228.6%
Referral (C)114.3%

Cited alongside 1928.21

Standards cited in the same inspections, as a share of the 7 inspections citing 1928.21.

1904.39114.3%
1910.132114.3%
1910.133114.3%
1910.138 Hand Protection114.3%

Employers inspected

Employees at the establishment

11-49571.4%
50-249228.6%

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

Owner

Private (A)7100.0%

DOL owner type of each inspection, each counted once.

By industry

100.0% of these citations (7 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.

111Crop Production342.9% of coded citations
112Animal Production and Aquaculture342.9% of coded citations
115Support Activities for Agriculture and Forestry114.3% of coded citations

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

2010s44 with NAICS (100.0%)
2020s33 with NAICS (100.0%)

Most cited paragraphs

19280021 A057$12,116 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

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.