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State enforcement profile · #27 of 56 by penalties · ABOVE-US

Alaska — high violations-per-inspection rate

Alaska cites 2.86 violations per inspection vs a 2.26 national inspection-weighted average — 11,441 violations across 3,999 inspections.

1,275
Employers
3,999
Inspections
$12.0M
OSHA penalties
$5.6M
Back wages

The state in one line

Alaska ranks #27 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 11,441 violations cited across 3,999 inspections and $5.6M in wages recovered for workers.

#27
of 56 states by penalties
2.86
violations per inspection
$9K
avg penalty per employer
177
WHD wage-theft cases

This rank counts 59% of the penalty dollars recorded for Alaska: only employers with at least two OSHA inspections or $1,000 or more in Wage & Hour back wages. On every recorded penalty dollar it would rank #41 of 56.

OSHA citation docket

State IMIS book AK · Alaska ABOVE-US · MID-PPE

#27/56 · 3,999 insp · $12.0M

  • BOOK 1,275 employers
  • INSP 3,999 inspections
  • RANK #27 of 56
  • PEN $12.0M
  • RATE 2.86 viol/insp
  • VS-US ABOVE-US
  • WHD $5.6M
  • PHOTO West Virginia

Nearest employer-book peer: West Virginia ($5.0M penalty gap)

Alaska ranks #27 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 11,441 violations cited across 3,999 inspections and $5.6M in wages recovered for workers. OSHA IMIS + DOL WHD citation stamps for this jurisdiction. Read with this state → · Worst-cited employer → · Similar-footprint state → · Compare employers →

Alaska in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood

Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers

penalties

What this shows Alaska carries $12.0M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #27 of 56 jurisdictions.

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement extracts As of 2026

Where Alaska ranks nationally

Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions

$9,430 Top 20% most affordable more affordable than 80% of 56 U.S. jurisdictions

$0–$2,000: 5 U.S. jurisdictions (9%). Below this entry. $2,000–$4,000: 9 U.S. jurisdictions (16%). Below this entry. $4,000–$6,000: 17 U.S. jurisdictions (30%). Below this entry. $6,000–$8,000: 10 U.S. jurisdictions (18%). Below this entry. $8,000–$10,000: 5 U.S. jurisdictions (9%). This entry sits in this band. $10,000–$12,000: 4 U.S. jurisdictions (7%). Above this entry. $12,000–$14,000: 2 U.S. jurisdictions (4%). Above this entry. $14,000–$16,000: 3 U.S. jurisdictions (5%). Above this entry. $16,000–$18,000: 0 U.S. jurisdictions (0%). Above this entry. $18,000–$20,000: 0 U.S. jurisdictions (0%). Above this entry. $20,000–$22,000: 1 U.S. jurisdictions (2%). Above this entry. $22,000–$24,000: 0 U.S. jurisdictions (0%). Above this entry. Alaska $0 $24,000 every U.S. jurisdiction, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $2K-wide band; taller bars hold more U.S. jurisdictions. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement extracts · 2026

Do more violations mean harsher penalties?

Each dot is one of the 56 U.S. jurisdictions with both violation and penalty data, placed by total violations cited and the average current penalty per violation. The highlighted dot is Alaska.

High volume, high penaltyLow volume, high penaltyHigh volume, low penaltyBelow median on both020897.041793.962690.983587.9$26.7$1330.4$2634.1$3937.8$5241.6Total violations citedAverage penalty per violationCalifornia, Total violations cited: 62917 · Average penalty per violation: $1931.91New Jersey, Total violations cited: 51588 · Average penalty per violation: $2257.14Texas, Total violations cited: 37481 · Average penalty per violation: $3006.51Ohio, Total violations cited: 33085 · Average penalty per violation: $3209.32Illinois, Total violations cited: 38576 · Average penalty per violation: $2518.72Pennsylvania, Total violations cited: 34307 · Average penalty per violation: $2124.18New York, Total violations cited: 79647 · Average penalty per violation: $851.4Wisconsin, Total violations cited: 23614 · Average penalty per violation: $2667.32Florida, Total violations cited: 20137 · Average penalty per violation: $2911.21Georgia, Total violations cited: 23607 · Average penalty per violation: $2424.16Virginia, Total violations cited: 29121 · Average penalty per violation: $1651.15Michigan, Total violations cited: 67640 · Average penalty per violation: $671.06Alabama, Total violations cited: 14683 · Average penalty per violation: $2955.54Nevada, Total violations cited: 18844 · Average penalty per violation: $1778.2Missouri, Total violations cited: 12358 · Average penalty per violation: $2481.04Massachusetts, Total violations cited: 12091 · Average penalty per violation: $2401.87Connecticut, Total violations cited: 23647 · Average penalty per violation: $1188.05Kansas, Total violations cited: 9514 · Average penalty per violation: $2852.86Tennessee, Total violations cited: 38865 · Average penalty per violation: $633.23Colorado, Total violations cited: 11833 · Average penalty per violation: $1925.51Iowa, Total violations cited: 10267 · Average penalty per violation: $1892.75Nebraska, Total violations cited: 4514 · Average penalty per violation: $3581.2Oklahoma, Total violations cited: 5020 · Average penalty per violation: $2618.51Maryland, Total violations cited: 24360 · Average penalty per violation: $537.35Hawaii, Total violations cited: 9120 · Average penalty per violation: $1397.7Washington, Total violations cited: 28812 · Average penalty per violation: $424.16Alaska, Total violations cited: 11441 · Average penalty per violation: $1050.89Mississippi, Total violations cited: 4912 · Average penalty per violation: $2280.7North Carolina, Total violations cited: 18017 · Average penalty per violation: $593.13Arkansas, Total violations cited: 3343 · Average penalty per violation: $3153.71Maine, Total violations cited: 8054 · Average penalty per violation: $1235.73Puerto Rico, Total violations cited: 11369 · Average penalty per violation: $851.43Delaware, Total violations cited: 1884 · Average penalty per violation: $5004.52Louisiana, Total violations cited: 3408 · Average penalty per violation: $2525.26North Dakota, Total violations cited: 1761 · Average penalty per violation: $4787.03New Hampshire, Total violations cited: 3281 · Average penalty per violation: $2336.7Idaho, Total violations cited: 3829 · Average penalty per violation: $1867.02West Virginia, Total violations cited: 3289 · Average penalty per violation: $2142.24Utah, Total violations cited: 6414 · Average penalty per violation: $1044.66Rhode Island, Total violations cited: 3528 · Average penalty per violation: $1806.54Indiana, Total violations cited: 4225 · Average penalty per violation: $1430.22South Dakota, Total violations cited: 1901 · Average penalty per violation: $3123.16Oregon, Total violations cited: 21930 · Average penalty per violation: $263.72Kentucky, Total violations cited: 3171 · Average penalty per violation: $1801.2Montana, Total violations cited: 2718 · Average penalty per violation: $2076Minnesota, Total violations cited: 9173 · Average penalty per violation: $604.31New Mexico, Total violations cited: 2690 · Average penalty per violation: $1987.11Wyoming, Total violations cited: 2936 · Average penalty per violation: $1582.38Guam, Total violations cited: 3356 · Average penalty per violation: $1368.12Vermont, Total violations cited: 3044 · Average penalty per violation: $1498.54Arizona, Total violations cited: 8689 · Average penalty per violation: $523.14District of Columbia, Total violations cited: 2002 · Average penalty per violation: $1600.22South Carolina, Total violations cited: 5382 · Average penalty per violation: $551.38American Samoa, Total violations cited: 829 · Average penalty per violation: $3521.93Virgin Islands, Total violations cited: 2592 · Average penalty per violation: $737.45Northern Mariana Islands, Total violations cited: 943 · Average penalty per violation: $1423.52
Alaska cites 11,441 total violations at an average current penalty of $1050.89 per violation. The crosshair marks the median jurisdiction on both axes. Across this dataset, citing more violations is mildly ASSOCIATED WITH A LOWER average penalty per violation, not a higher one -- the opposite of what volume alone might suggest.

Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in Alaska

Ranked by combined OSHA penalties and DOL Wage & Hour Division back wages. Some employers below have wage-theft cases with zero OSHA safety violations, or vice versa; check the Inspections/Violations columns before drawing safety conclusions.

# Employer InspectionsViolationsPenalty + wages
1 Trailboss Enterprises, Inc Anchorage 0 0 $791K
2 Doyon/ARAMARK Joint Venture Anchorage 0 0 $399K
3 Teya Enterprises, LLC Anchorage 0 0 $340K
4 Alaska Directional, LLC Palmer 2 7 $251K
5 Municipality of Anchorage Anchorage 27 109 $245K
6 Trident Seafoods Corporation Akutan 11 66 $242K
7 Bset, LLC Anchorage 0 0 $234K
8 Peter Pan Seafoods, Inc. Dillingham 0 0 $231K
9 East West Seafoods LLC Kodiak 3 32 $219K
10 Alaska Railroad Corporation Anchorage 33 177 $204K
11 ProForest Reforestation Sitka 0 0 $202K
12 Pollard Construction Juneau 5 24 $185K
13 Taco King Anchorage 0 0 $180K
14 Alyeska Pipeline Service Company Valdez 6 79 $180K
15 Katmai Government Services Anchorage 0 0 $172K
16 Wallboard Solutions, LLC Anchorage 0 0 $159K
17 Silver Bay Seafoods LLC Sitka 4 21 $151K
18 Hilcorp Alaska, LLC Prudhoe Bay 13 30 $148K
19 Alaska Demolition, LLC Girdwood 3 36 $146K
20 Ward Cove Dock Group, LLC Ketchikan 5 11 $144K

All employers in Alaska

Employer CityInspectionsPenalty
Olgoonik Logistics- Worldwide Services Anchorage 0 $0
Silver Bay Seafoods, LLC False Pass 2 $78K
Alaska Health & Social Services Anchorage 12 $78K
Silver Bay Seafoods, LLC Valdez 0 $0
Tatitlek Coorporation Anchorage 0 $0
Gino Morena Enterprises, LLC Jber 0 $0
Byler Contracting Wasilla 5 $71K
Trident Seafoods Corporation Kodiak 2 $69K
Cape Fox Professional Services, LLC Ketchikan 0 $0
Alaska Regional Hospital Anchorage 31 $67K
Silver Bay Seafoods LLC Valdez 5 $66K
Cape Fox Government Services, LLC Ketchikan 0 $0
Westward Seafoods, INC Dutch Harbor 2 $64K
Trident Seafoods Corporation Cordova 3 $63K
Sysco Alaska Anchorage 2 $62K
Air Land Transport INC. Anchorage 3 $62K
Anchorage Municipality of Eagle River 3 $60K
Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation Bethel 2 $16K
Premier Pacific Seafoods, INC. Dutch Harbor 4 $57K
Trident Seafoods Corporation Dutch Harbor 29 $56K
Ideal Option LLC Anchorage 2 $56K
Vigor Alaska, LLC Ketchikan 6 $55K
Hilcorp Alaska, LLC Nikiski 11 $55K
City of Whittier Whittier 3 $54K
Alaska Marine Trucking Whittier 4 $53K
Icicle Seafoods INC Dutch Harbor 8 $52K
Samson Tug and Barge, INC. Kodiak 5 $51K
City and Borough of Juneau Juneau 11 $50K
Bartlett Regional Hospital Juneau 6 $49K
Naknek Electric Association Naknek 3 $48K
Quanta Power Generation, INC Anchorage 3 $48K
Gage Tree Service LLC Anchorage 4 $47K
Chosen Construction, INC Prudhoe Bay 3 $47K
Vigor Industrial LLC Ketchikan 2 $46K
The Alaska Club, INC. Anchorage 9 $45K
Xto Energy INC Nikiski 12 $45K
Environmental Compliance Consultants INC Anchorage 2 $45K
Yukon Fire Protection Services Anchorage 0 $0
Halliburton Prudhoe Bay 2 $43K
O'hara Corporation Dutch Harbor 12 $43K
ASRC Energy Services Alaska, Inc Anchorage 0 $0
Fred Meyer Anchorage 6 $39K
Jo-Ann Stores, LLC Anchorage 3 $42K
E&E Foods, INC. Egegik 4 $41K
The Fishing Company of Alaska INC Dutch Harbor 6 $41K
Alaska Tree Trimmers, LLC Hoonah 0 $0
Offshore Systems INC Dutch Harbor 9 $38K
United States Seafoods LLC Dutch Harbor 10 $38K
Apl Limited Dutch Harbor 3 $38K
Brice Environmental Services Anchorage 0 $0
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Industries in Alaska

Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within Alaska.

Accommodation & Food ServicesAdministrative & Waste ServicesAgriculture, Forestry, Fishing & HuntingArts, Entertainment & RecreationConstructionEducational ServicesHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformationManufacturingMining, Quarrying, Oil & GasOtherOther ServicesProfessional & Technical ServicesPublic AdministrationReal Estate & RentalRetail TradeTransportation & WarehousingUtilitiesWholesale Trade

Top Cities in Alaska

The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Alaska (of 37 total).

Anchorage (440)Dutch Harbor (107)Fairbanks (98)Juneau (73)Kodiak (57)Ketchikan (45)Wasilla (44)Palmer (41)Prudhoe Bay (38)Kenai (19)Jber (18)Sitka (16)Nikiski (16)Seward (15)Eagle River (15)Soldotna (14)Cordova (13)Fort Greely (13)Valdez (12)Fort Wainwright (12)

View all 37 cities in Alaska →

Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates

Two enforcement-record peer sets for Alaska: nearest jurisdictions by total assessed OSHA penalties and by violations per inspection. These are cross-state neighborhoods, not the employer-book peers above.

Similar total OSHA penalties

Nearest jurisdictions by total assessed OSHA penalties ($12.0M here).

Washington $12.2M Hawaii $12.7M Mississippi $11.2M Maryland $13.1M

Similar violations per inspection

States with similarly high violations-per-inspection rates (2.86 here vs 2.26 US average).

New Jersey 2.97/insp Michigan 2.73/insp Georgia 2.64/insp Maine 3.14/insp

Source: OSHA Enforcement Data, U.S. Department of Labor · Verify with OSHA establishment search →
Source: Wage & Hour Division Compliance Actions, U.S. Department of Labor · DOL WHD data →