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
Transportation Security Administration	Spokane, WA	2	$0
Department of the Treasury Internal Revenue Service - Caguas	Caguas, PR	2	$0
Hume FPD	Hume, IL	2	$0
City of Golconda - Fire Dept.	Golconda, IL	2	$0
VI Department of Property and Procurement	ST Thomas, VI	3	$0
TN Higher Education Commission	Nashville, TN	4	$0
Lindley TN - Town Hall	Lindley, NY	2	$0
Schenectady City Hall	Schenectady, NY	3	$0
U.S. Navy Puget Sound Naval Shipyard	Bremerton, WA	4	$0
NYC DCWP	New York, NY	3	$0
NYCPD Erie Basin Auto Pound	Brooklyn, NY	2	$0
U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons	Miami, FL	6	$0
Harrogate - City Hall	Harrogate, TN	2	$0
U.S. Department of Justice- Federal Bureau of Prisons	Coleman, FL	3	$0
Harrogate - Fire Department	Harrogate, TN	2	$0
Nysucs Bronx Criminal Court	Bronx, NY	3	$0
Newbern - Oakview Recreation Center	Newbern, TN	2	$0
Usda/Fsis	Palmyra, PA	2	$0
Army & Air Force Exchange Service	Seymour Johnson Afb, NC	2	$0
VI Department of Public Works	Charlotte Amalie, VI	8	$0
West Bloomfield Volunteer Fire Dept INC	Bloomfield, NY	2	$0
Ohio Town Municipal Building / Highway Department	Ohio, NY	2	$0
NJ Treasury, Division of Taxation	Trenton, NJ	2	$0
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Tacoma Resident Agency	Tacoma, WA	3	$0
Gates - Fire Department	Gates, TN	2	$0
Xenia FPD	Xenia, IL	2	$0
U.S. Dept. of Defense	Fort Liberty, NC	3	$0
Johnson City Housing Authority - Facilities Building	Johnson City, TN	2	$0
C&C - HFD Palolo Fire Station	Honolulu, HI	2	$0
U.S. Food and Drug Administration-San Juan District Office	San Juan, PR	3	$0
Bureau of Land Management	Anchorage, AK	10	$0
Noaa National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Law Enforcement	Bellingham, WA	4	$0
City of Vallejo - Vallejo Police Department	Vallejo, CA	2	$0
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Intelligence	Bellingham, WA	2	$0
National Park Service, Lake Mead National Recreation Area - Katherine Landing Ranger Station	Bullhead City, AZ	2	$0
McKenzie - Police Department	MC Kenzie, TN	2	$0
McKenzie - Fire Department	MC Kenzie, TN	2	$0
Soddy Daisy - Administration	Soddy Daisy, TN	2	$0
NCBPR	Humacao, PR	2	$0
Soddy Daisy - Public Works	Soddy Daisy, TN	2	$0
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, Bellingham Air and Marine Branch, Hangar	Bellingham, WA	2	$0
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Bellingham Air and Marine Branch	Bellingham, WA	2	$0
Humboldt FPD	Humboldt, IL	3	$0
Ardmore - City Hall	Ardmore, TN	5	$0
C&C-CSM, Environmental Services - Refuse Collections	Honolulu, HI	2	$0
NYCPD Psa 5	New York, NY	2	$0
Jasper - Public Works	Jasper, TN	2	$0
Addison Volunteer Fire Department	Addison, NY	2	$0
Somerville - Fire Department #2	Somerville, TN	2	$0
Oneonta City Fire Department	Oneonta, NY	2	$0

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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.