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 Ripon	Ripon, CA	4	$655
CA Employment Development Department	Sacramento, CA	6	$650
Ansonia Housing Authority	Ansonia, CT	4	$650
City of South el Monte	South el Monte, CA	2	$650
City of San Jose Fire Department	San Jose, CA	3	$650
Department of Human Services Police	Trenton, NJ	2	$650
Town of Waterbury, Fire Department	Waterbury, VT	2	$650
Town of Stratford Fire Department	Stratford, CT	2	$640
Detroit CTY Water & Sewerage Dept WWTP	Detroit, MI	2	$640
Twin Rivers Unified School District	Sacramento, CA	2	$635
California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation ? Avenal State Prison	Avenal, CA	2	$635
CA Corrections and Rehabilitation	Sacramento, CA	3	$635
Fresno Police Department	Fresno, CA	2	$635
City of Bend	Bend, OR	7	$630
Mayer Fire District	Mayer, AZ	3	$625
Town of Clarkdale, Cemetery	Clarkdale, AZ	2	$625
New Hanover County-Health Department	Wilmington, NC	2	$619
Essex Fire Engine Company Number 1 Headquarters	Essex, CT	2	$600
Wayne County the William Dickerson Detention Facility	Hamtramck, MI	2	$600
Los Angeles County Fire Department; Station 106	Rolling Hills Estates, CA	2	$600
Town of Voluntown	Voluntown, CT	4	$600
Alaska Doc	Palmer, AK	2	$600
City of Oak Harbor	Oak Harbor, WA	5	$600
City of Port Orchard	Port Orchard, WA	3	$600
City of Stockton Fire Dept	Stockton, CA	3	$600
CTF Correctional Training Facility	Soledad, CA	2	$600
City of Chelan	Chelan, WA	2	$600
Grays Harbor Fire District 16	Copalis Crossing, WA	4	$600
Town of Bradford-Town Hall	Bradford, VT	3	$600
Fire Ems Service	Packwood, WA	2	$600
Town of Thompson	North Grosvenordale, CT	3	$575
Town of Chaplin	Chaplin, CT	3	$575
CA Transportation	Sacramento, CA	8	$575
City of Yoncalla	Yoncalla, OR	4	$565
City of Scottsdale - Transfer Station	Scottsdale, AZ	2	$563
Alaska Dot & PF	Anchorage, AK	4	$563
State of Arizona, Adoc, Eyman Complex	Florence, AZ	2	$563
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District	Sacramento, CA	4	$560
Butte County	Magalia, CA	2	$560
Town of Belgrade	Belgrade, ME	3	$560
CA Department of Motor Vehicles	Modesto, CA	2	$560
Warehouse Point Fire District	East Windsor, CT	2	$560
County of Santa Barbara	Santa Barbara, CA	2	$560
City of Alameda - Fire Department	Alameda, CA	2	$560
City of Anaheim	Anaheim, CA	5	$560
Town of Friday Harbor	Friday Harbor, WA	2	$560
CA Consumer Affairs Bureau of Automotive Repair	Riverside, CA	2	$560
Town of Etna	Etna, ME	2	$550
Town of Florence, Public Works	Florence, AZ	2	$550
Bellaire Village of	Bellaire, MI	2	$545

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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.