State enforcement profile · #10 of 56 by penalties · ABOVE-US
Georgia — top-third OSHA penalty rollup
Georgia ranks #10 of 56 by assessed OSHA penalties ($57.2M), with 8,956 inspections on 6,232 tracked employers.
- 6,232
- Employers
- 8,956
- Inspections
- $57.2M
- OSHA penalties
- $78.6M
- Back wages
The state in one line
Georgia ranks #10 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 23,607 violations cited across 8,956 inspections and $78.6M in wages recovered for workers.
- #10
- of 56 states by penalties
- 2.64
- violations per inspection
- $9K
- avg penalty per employer
- 3,087
- WHD wage-theft cases
This rank counts 42% of the penalty dollars recorded for Georgia: 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 #10 of 56.
OSHA citation docket
State IMIS book GA · Georgia ABOVE-US · MID-PPE
#10/56 · 8,956 insp · $57.2M
- BOOK 6,232 employers
- INSP 8,956 inspections
- RANK #10 of 56
- PEN $57.2M
- RATE 2.64 viol/insp
- VS-US ABOVE-US
- WHD $78.6M
- PHOTO North Carolina
Nearest employer-book peer: North Carolina ($46.5M penalty gap)
Georgia ranks #10 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 23,607 violations cited across 8,956 inspections and $78.6M 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 →
Georgia in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood
Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers
- OH
Ohio
$106,180,403 penalties
- GA (this)
Georgia
$57,227,186 penalties
- TN $24,610,636
Tennessee
$24,610,636 penalties
- WA $12,220,960
Washington
$12,220,960 penalties
- NC $10,686,507
North Carolina
$10,686,507 penalties
- OR $5,783,273
Oregon
$5,783,273 penalties
What this shows Georgia carries $57.2M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #10 of 56 jurisdictions.
Where Georgia ranks nationally
Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions
$9,183 Top 21% most affordable more affordable than 79% of 56 U.S. jurisdictions
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 Georgia.
Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in Georgia
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 | Inspections | Violations | Penalty + wages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet Jonesboro | 0 | 0 | $999K |
| 2 | Roadmaster Transportation Stone Mountain | 0 | 0 | $971K |
| 3 | Bland Farms Glennville | 0 | 0 | $968K |
| 4 | Elite Tent Installs Kennesaw | 0 | 0 | $950K |
| 5 | Marta Atlanta | 0 | 0 | $915K |
| 6 | Kirnland Food Distribution Atlanta | 0 | 0 | $897K |
| 7 | Seminole Equipment, INC. Richmond Hill | 2 | 9 | $878K |
| 8 | Ultimate Software Atlanta | 0 | 0 | $831K |
| 9 | Archer Western Contractors, LLC Atlanta | 0 | 0 | $818K |
| 10 | Waters Sheetmetal/W.C. Piping Logistics LLC Conley | 0 | 0 | $697K |
| 11 | Foundation Food Group, INC. Gainesville | 4 | 52 | $691K |
| 12 | HP Pelzer Automotive Systems, INC. Thomson | 12 | 65 | $690K |
| 13 | Kumho Tire Georgia, INC. Macon | 11 | 75 | $669K |
| 14 | FLS Transportation Atlanta | 0 | 0 | $507K |
| 15 | Ci2 Aviation, Inc. Atlanta | 0 | 0 | $501K |
| 16 | Beiza Brothers Harvesting, LLC Moultrie | 0 | 0 | $497K |
| 17 | Southern Nuclear Operating Company Waynesboro | 0 | 0 | $459K |
| 18 | Hi-Tech Pharmaceuticals Norcross | 0 | 0 | $455K |
| 19 | Atlanta Demolition Atlanta | 1 | 0 | $442K |
| 20 | Insight Global Atlanta | 0 | 0 | $429K |
All employers in Georgia
Industries in Georgia
Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within Georgia.
Top Cities in Georgia
The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Georgia (of 190 total).
Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates
Two enforcement-record peer sets for Georgia: 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
Other top-third penalty states outside Georgia's employer-book footprint — matched by total assessed OSHA penalties ($57.2M here).
Similar violations per inspection
States with similarly high violations-per-inspection rates (2.64 here vs 2.26 US average).
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 →