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
Wabash FPD	Mattoon, IL	3	$400
Greenview Community FPD	Greenview, IL	2	$400
County of Fresno	Fresno, CA	3	$400
State of Connecticut Department of Social Services	Norwich, CT	2	$400
Wakeshma Township	Fulton, MI	2	$400
County of Kauai DPW WW Div Wailua Plant	Kapaa, HI	2	$400
County of Kauai DPW WW Div Eleele Plant	Eleele, HI	2	$400
Coburg Rural Fire Protection District	Coburg, OR	2	$400
Town of Kill Devil Hills/ Fire Dept/Ocean Rescue	Kill Devil Hills, NC	2	$390
Stoneham Fire Department	Stoneham, ME	2	$385
El Dorado County Sheriff's Office	Placerville, CA	2	$375
Town of Springerville Waste Water Treatment Plant	Springerville, AZ	2	$375
City of Orange Fire Department	Orange, CA	2	$375
City of Newberg	Newberg, OR	7	$375
City of Pomona	Pomona, CA	3	$370
Kelseyville Fire Protection District	Kelseyville, CA	2	$370
Town of Eatonville	Eatonville, WA	5	$370
City of Oakland	Oakland, OR	5	$365
Town of Plymouth	Plymouth, CT	2	$364
City of Bullhead City-Section 10 Water Reclamation Facility	Bullhead City, AZ	3	$360
Dayton Rural Fire Protection Dist	Dayton, OR	2	$360
Town of Washington	Washington, ME	2	$350
Riverside County Sheriff's Department	Palm Desert, CA	2	$350
Thompsonville Fire Department	Enfield, CT	2	$350
City of Benson Municipal Property Corporation, Administration	Benson, AZ	2	$350
Town of Waterford	Waterford, ME	3	$350
City of Salem	Salem, OR	14	$350
City of Adair Village	Albany, OR	2	$350
City of Scottsdale - Street Operations	Scottsdale, AZ	2	$338
City of Costa Mesa	Costa Mesa, CA	2	$335
State of Calif Kern Valley State Prison	Delano, CA	2	$335
Town of Gouldsboro	Prospect Harbor, ME	3	$330
Pleasant Ridge Plantation	Pleasant Ridge PLT, ME	3	$330
San Joaquin County Sheriff	French Camp, CA	2	$330
City of Lakeside	Lakeside, OR	4	$330
Harbor Rural Fire Protection District	Harbor, OR	2	$325
Madera County Department of Corrections	Madera, CA	2	$320
Town of Canton	Collinsville, CT	2	$320
CA Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation	Stockton, CA	2	$315
P & P Construction	Salem, VA	2	$315
City of Santa Rosa Fire Department	Santa Rosa, CA	2	$300
Northville City of Fire Department	Northville, MI	2	$300
County of Kern Fire Department	Arvin, CA	2	$300
County of Sonoma	Santa Rosa, CA	4	$300
LA City Recreation & Parks	Los Angeles, CA	4	$300
Ocqueoc-Bearinger Fire Department	Millersburg, MI	2	$300
LA Paz County - Parks Department	Parker, AZ	2	$300
County Fire & Security LLC	Merlin, OR	4	$300
Village of Clemmons	Clemmons, NC	2	$300
City of Sacramento Utilities	Sacramento, CA	2	$300

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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.