Glossary · Workplace safety
What is an OSHA citation?
An OSHA citation is a formal notice the Occupational Safety and Health Administration issues to an employer for a violation of a safety standard, specifying the standard cited, a proposed penalty, and an abatement date by which the hazard must be corrected.
After an inspection, OSHA may issue citations classified by severity (e.g. other-than-serious, serious, willful, repeat). Each citation references a specific standard code, a proposed penalty, and an abatement deadline.
Citations and their inspection data are public. A repeat citation on a standard an employer was previously cited under indicates corrective-action tracking failed — a natural moment for EHS-software and safety-consulting outreach.
The abatement date creates a dated window every cited employer must act inside, which safety and PPE vendors use to time engagement.
Source: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
FAQ
Common questions
What is an abatement date?
The abatement date is the deadline OSHA sets by which a cited employer must correct the hazard identified in a citation.
Are OSHA citations public?
Yes. OSHA inspection and citation data, including cited standards and penalties, are official records.
Turn it into leads
Related lead types
Related terms
Keep reading
Turn OSHA citation into a lead feed
ParseData watches this record and alerts you when a new one appears — self-serve, observational, dated.