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
CA Corrections & Rehabilitation, Kern Valley State Prison	Delano, CA	2	$185
Sacramento Fire Department	Sacramento, CA	2	$185
Littleton, Town of	Littleton, ME	3	$180
Wayne County Services on Aging	Goldsboro, NC	2	$180
City of John Day	John Day, OR	2	$180
City of Bristol Fire Department	Bristol, CT	2	$175
City of Grants Pass	Grants Pass, OR	3	$175
LA County Public Social Services	Los Angeles, CA	3	$175
Barton Hills Village of	Ann Arbor, MI	2	$173
Town of Fort Fairfield	Fort Fairfield, ME	2	$170
Town of Westport Island	Westport Island, ME	3	$165
Klamath County Emergency Communications	Klamath Falls, OR	2	$165
Oakdale Irrigation District	Oakdale, CA	4	$160
State of Oregon Department of Transportation	Bend, OR	2	$155
Sublimity RFPD	Sublimity, OR	2	$150
Town of Spindale	Spindale, NC	2	$150
Town of Saint Agatha	Saint Agatha, ME	3	$140
Franklin County Detention Center	Farmington, ME	2	$140
Hudson County Department of Corrections	Kearny, NJ	5	$0
Hodgdon, Town of	Hodgdon, ME	2	$110
Town of Sorrento	Sorrento, ME	2	$110
State of Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife	Leaburg, OR	2	$105
Alsea Fire Dept	Alsea, OR	2	$100
Central Oregon Coast Fire & Rescue District	Waldport, OR	2	$100
Williams Rural Fire Protection District	Williams, OR	2	$100
Adair Rural Fire Protection District	Corvallis, OR	3	$100
City of Halsey	Halsey, OR	2	$100
North Douglas County Fire & Ems	Drain, OR	2	$100
Union Rural Fire Protection District	Union, OR	2	$100
City of LA Pine	LA Pine, OR	2	$100
City of Brevard	Brevard, NC	2	$100
City of Turner	Turner, OR	2	$100
Lebanon Township Fire Department	Glen Gardner, NJ	6	$100
Fort Lee Fire Department House #4	Fort Lee, NJ	4	$100
City of Cascade Locks	Cascade Locks, OR	3	$100
Borough of Franklin Lakes Fire Department Gear	Franklin Lakes, NJ	2	$100
Township of Holland, Municipal Building	Milford, NJ	2	$100
City of Junction City	Junction City, OR	2	$100
Freewood Acres Fire Company, Building	Howell, NJ	2	$100
Douglas County Sewer Dist #1	East Wenatchee, WA	2	$100
City of Moses Lake	Moses Lake, WA	2	$100
Division of Developmental Disabilities	Paterson, NJ	2	$100
City of Creswell	Creswell, OR	2	$100
City of Scottsdale - McDowell Mountain Ranch Park & Aquatic Center	Scottsdale, AZ	2	$88
Village of Honor	Honor, MI	2	$80
Town of Lincoln	Lincoln, ME	3	$70
Franklin County Sheriff's Office	Farmington, ME	2	$70
Town of Eustis	Eustis, ME	4	$70
Town of Monticello	Monticello, ME	2	$55
Town of Leeds	Leeds, ME	3	$35

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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.