The Occupational Safety and Health Agency (OSHA) may issue citations for rule violations. These can be classified based on severity and other factors.
Parameters:
(1) severity of injury
(2) employer's attitude
(3) employer's history of previous citation(s)
(4) employer's abatement of previous citation
Parameter
OSHA Citation
not likely to cause serious physical harm or death
other than serious
substantial probability of causing serious physical injury or death
serious
employer EITHER knowingly failed to comply with a legal requirement OR acted in plain indifference to worker safety
willful
previous OSHA citation for the same or substantially similar violation within the past 5 years
repeat
failure to correct a documented violation
failure to abate
The legal consequences and economic impacts tend to increase as the citation severity increases.
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