How safe is the Public Administration industry?

The Public Administration sector has 62,312 total OSHA violations across 30,564 inspections, with an average of 2.04 violations per inspection. OSHA has assessed $25.3M in penalties across 9,788 tracked employers.

What are the most common OSHA violations in Public Administration?

Employers in the Public Administration industry have accumulated 62,312 total OSHA violations across 9,788 employers. These range from serious violations involving immediate danger to workers to repeat violations where the same hazard was cited more than once.

How does Public Administration compare to other industries?

Public Administration has an average OSHA penalty of $826 per inspection, ranking #21 out of 22 industries by penalty severity. The cross-industry average is approximately $2K per inspection.

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Public Administration

Compiled byPlainworker Editorial, Workplace Safety Editorial Team · July 8, 2026

9,788

Employers

30,564

Inspections

62,312

Violations

$25.3M

Total Penalties

$826

Avg per Inspection

What the Data Says About Public Administration

The Public Administration sector (NAICS 92) contains 9,788 employers with OSHA enforcement records, generating 30,564 inspections and 62,312 documented violations across the industry. That works out to 2.04 violations per inspection and roughly 3.1 inspections per employer. Cumulative OSHA penalties against this sector total $25.3M, averaging $826 per inspection.

Compared against every other industry PlainWorker tracks, Public Administration ranks #21 of 22 when measured by average penalty per inspection. The cross-industry average sits near $2K per inspection, so this sector runs at or below the mean. Industries with higher average penalties typically see a greater share of serious, willful, or repeat violations, categories OSHA reserves for hazards likely to cause serious physical harm or where employers knowingly disregarded the law.

The 9,788 employers shown below represent only workplaces with inspection or wage-theft enforcement records, not the full universe of Public Administration businesses. Listings are drawn from the U.S. Department of Labor's enforcement database and updated monthly. Click any employer to view their full violation breakdown, penalty history, and wage-and-hour compliance record. For wage, occupational employment, and compensation context on this sector, cross-reference the related data sources at the bottom of this page.

Highest Combined Enforcement Total in Public Administration

Ranked by OSHA penalties plus DOL Wage & Hour Division back-wage recoveries combined. A high total does not necessarily mean safety violations, an employer here may have zero OSHA citations and a large figure entirely from a wage-theft back-wage case (see the Violations column).

#	Employer	Location	OSHA Violations	Penalties + Back Wages
1	MD Dept. Of Public Safety and Corrections	Baltimore, MD	0	$22.5M
2	Fannin County Jail/Detention Center	Bonham, TX	0	$4.2M
3	Zenefits	San Francisco, CA	0	$3.4M
4	King County Metro Transit	Seattle, WA	2	$3.3M
5	PR Police	San Juan, PR	0	$3.2M
6	Hampden County Sheriff's Department	Ludlow, MA	3	$2.1M
7	PR Police - Federal Task Force	San Juan, PR	0	$1.4M
8	A. Oseguera, Co.	Salinas, CA	0	$1.0M
9	Onondaga County-Children and Family Services	Syracuse, NY	0	$962K
10	City of Gary Indiana Fire Department	Gary, IN	0	$665K
11	Cintas Fire Protection	San Jose, CA	0	$653K
12	Corrections Corporation of America	Eloy, AZ	0	$606K
13	Pae	Falls Church, VA	0	$602K
14	Jefferson County	Pine Bluff, AR	0	$539K
15	Policia Municipal de Carolina	Carolina, PR	0	$503K
16	Southern Nevada Regional Housing Authority	Las Vegas, NV	9	$475K
17	DS	San Juan, PR	59	$443K
18	Joined Inc.	Irvine, CA	0	$439K
19	BAE Systems	Arlington, VA	0	$438K
20	P. R. Police K- 9 Unit	San Juan, PR	0	$431K

All Employers in Public Administration

Employer	Location	Inspections	Penalty
City of Poulsbo	Poulsbo, WA	2	$3K
Pitt County Solid Waste	Greenville, NC	2	$3K
Uacdc	Tampa, FL	0	$0
Fort Dodge, City of	Fort Dodge, IA	2	$3K
Madison County Prosecutor's Office	London, OH	0	$0
Passiac Police Department	Passaic, NJ	2	$3K
Municipio DE Guayama	Guayama, PR	6	$3K
San Diego County Sheriffs Department	San Diego, CA	10	$3K
Town of China	China, ME	6	$3K
Brendle, Inc.	Montgomery, AL	0	$0
Quarter Circle 10	Tucson, AZ	0	$0
City of Newport	Newport, VT	2	$3K
Mom's Bail bond	Wichita Falls, TX	0	$0
Limestone Fire Department	Peoria, IL	0	$0
Department of Corrections, State of Iowa	Mount Pleasant, IA	5	$3K
Aep	Sabana Grande, PR	2	$3K
Dtop	Santurce, PR	2	$3K
City of Warren Fire Department	Warren, MI	3	$3K
City of Detroit Fire Department, Engine 44, Ladder 18	Detroit, MI	2	$3K
Southeast Macomb Sanitary District	Saint Clair Shores, MI	2	$3K
Orange County Fire Authority	Tustin, CA	2	$3K
Housing Authority of the City of Raleigh, North CA	Raleigh, NC	2	$3K
City of Port Townsend	Port Townsend, WA	2	$3K
Steuben County Public Works	Bath, NY	0	$0
Housing Authority of the City of Hartford	Hartford, CT	5	$2K
Town of Killingly	Danielson, CT	4	$2K
Falcon Fire Protection, LLC	Barrigada, GU	0	$0
USPS Hillview Station	San Jose, CA	0	$0
Town of Burlington	Burlington, CT	6	$2K
Prince George's County Government - Fleet Management Division	Capitol Heights, MD	3	$2K
MI Doc Saginaw Correctional Facility	Freeland, MI	3	$2K
City of the Dalles	The Dalles, OR	2	$2K
Jonesfield Lakefield Fire Dist	Merrill, MI	3	$2K
CJ Suppression	Corona, CA	0	$0
Riverside City Fire Department	Riverside, CA	2	$2K
Humboldt County Courthouse	Winnemucca, NV	2	$2K
Town of Hebron	Amston, CT	5	$2K
County of Berrien State of Michigan	Berrien Springs, MI	2	$2K
City of Seattle	North Bend, WA	2	$2K
Clackamas County	Oregon City, OR	3	$2K
Municipality of Lajas Police Department	Lajas, PR	0	$0
Carlin Conservation Camp	Carlin, NV	2	$2K
Carter County Sheriff's Office	Van Buren, MO	0	$0
Spokane Park Dept	Spokane, WA	2	$2K
Okmulgee Tag Office	Okmulgee, OK	0	$0
Bell County Juvenile Services	Killeen, TX	0	$0
City of Bell	Bell, CA	2	$2K
Municipio DE Arroyo	Arroyo, PR	8	$2K
City of ST. Johns Municipal Property Corporation	Saint Johns, AZ	3	$2K
DCR	Vega Alta, PR	3	$2K

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Public Administration by State

Enforcement and wage-compliance data for Public Administration broken out by state.

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Source: OSHA Enforcement Data - U.S. Department of Labor (data.dol.gov)
Source: NAICS Industry Classification - U.S. Census Bureau

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Enforcement Data OSHA inspection + penalty records by NAICS sector · 2010–2026 Accessed 2026-07-08 OSHA enforcement records reflect inspections opened, citations issued, and penalty amounts assessed; final penalty amounts often differ from initial assessments after settlement.

Verify against the primary sources: OSHA Establishment Search · DOL Wage & Hour Division

Every figure on PlainWorker is rendered directly from official U.S. Department of Labor OSHA and Wage & Hour Division enforcement records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.