Jurisdiction-specificEnforcement

Citation

The formal notice issued by OSHA following an inspection, alleging a violation of the OSH Act or a standard, specifying a proposed penalty and abatement date. Citation classes include serious, other-than-serious, willful and repeat.

By jurisdiction

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UK HSE

“citation”No equivalent

No equivalent in this jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction note: Citation is an OSHA term. HSE enforcement uses improvement notices, prohibition notices, and prosecution.

RegulatorySource

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Irish HSA

“citation”No equivalent

No equivalent in this jurisdiction.

Jurisdiction note: Citation is an OSHA term. HSA enforcement uses improvement and prohibition notices and prosecution.

RegulatorySource

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US OSHA

“citation”Exact equivalent

After an inspection, the OSHA area director issues a citation and notification of penalty. Citation classes: serious (substantial probability of death or serious harm and employer knew or should have known); other-than-serious; willful (intentional or plainly indifferent violation); repeat (substantially similar violation within five years).

RegulatoryOccupational Safety and Health Act 1970, sections 9 and 10; 29 CFR 1903.14-1903.19Source

Note: An OSHA-specific term. GB improvement and prohibition notices are different instruments with different legal effect.

Practitioner note: OSHA issues one enforcement document (citation) covering what GB and Ireland split into improvement notices (comply, keep trading) and prohibition notices (stop immediately).

Nearest equivalent in other frameworks

→improvement-notice + prohibition-notice (GB/IE split what OSHA calls a single citation)

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