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
Deschutes County	Bend, OR	8	$795
Iron Mountain CTY of	Iron Mountain, MI	2	$780
Sweet Home Fire & Ambulance District	Sweet Home, OR	2	$780
Mackinaw CTY Village of	Mackinaw City, MI	2	$780
Town of Woodstock	Woodstock, CT	7	$775
State of Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection	Plainfield, CT	2	$770
Town of Thomaston	Thomaston, ME	4	$770
Town of Sterling	Oneco, CT	5	$760
Town of Wilton Police Department	Wilton, CT	2	$760
CA Employment Development Department	West Sacramento, CA	2	$750
Township of Robbinsville Police Department	Robbinsville, NJ	2	$750
Perry Area Fire Rescue Station 1	Perry, MI	2	$750
City of South el Monte - Public Works	South el Monte, CA	2	$750
Union Fire Department	Union, NJ	2	$750
San Francisco Fire Dept	San Francisco, CA	5	$750
Town of Snowflake Fire Department	Snowflake, AZ	2	$750
Town of Pinetop-Lakeside Public Works	Lakeside, AZ	2	$750
Town of Pinetop-Lakeside Parks and Recreation	Lakeside, AZ	2	$750
Menominee City of	Menominee, MI	2	$750
Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department	Pleasanton, CA	2	$750
Burlington Fire Department	Burlington, VT	2	$750
Fresno County Assessor	Fresno, CA	2	$750
Ventura Youth Correctional Facility	Camarillo, CA	2	$750
Town of Clarkdale, Police Department	Clarkdale, AZ	2	$750
CA Mental Health Dept. Coalinga State Hospital	Coalinga, CA	2	$750
CA Corrections-Tehachapi	Tehachapi, CA	4	$745
Coopersville Polkton Fire Dept	Coopersville, MI	2	$725
Lansing Housing Commission	Lansing, MI	3	$720
City of Huntington Beach	Huntington Beach, CA	6	$710
Bergen County Sheriff's Office	Hackensack, NJ	3	$700
Town of Washburn	Washburn, ME	5	$700
Town of Vassalboro	North Vassalboro, ME	4	$700
Borough of Park Ridge Municipal Electric Utility	Park Ridge, NJ	2	$700
Fort Lee Police Department	Fort Lee, NJ	3	$700
California Conservation Corps	Camarillo, CA	2	$700
Tulare County Ag Commissioners Office	Tulare, CA	2	$700
City of New Buffalo	New Buffalo, MI	2	$700
Instituto DE Cultura Puertorriquena	San Juan, PR	5	$700
CA Corrections & Rehabilitation	Tracy, CA	7	$700
Maine Department of Environmental Protection	Augusta, ME	3	$700
Juliustown Fire Company (Building)	Juliustown, NJ	6	$700
Jacksonville Fire Company (Building)	Bordentown, NJ	2	$700
Town of Waterbury	Waterbury Center, VT	2	$700
State of California, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation	Lancaster, CA	2	$700
Town of Bingham	The Forks PLT, ME	2	$700
Grand Traverse CNTY	Traverse City, MI	2	$700
Quincy Fire Protection District	Quincy, CA	2	$685
Corcoran State Prison	Corcoran, CA	2	$675
Chandler Unified School District No.80	Chandler, AZ	2	$663
Town of Cheshire Town Hall	Cheshire, CT	3	$660

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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.