State enforcement profile · #18 of 56 by penalties · AT/BELOW-US
Kansas — top-third OSHA penalty rollup
Kansas ranks #18 of 56 by assessed OSHA penalties ($27.1M), with 5,361 inspections on 3,329 tracked employers.
- 3,329
- Employers
- 5,361
- Inspections
- $27.1M
- OSHA penalties
- $25.4M
- Back wages
The state in one line
Kansas ranks #18 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 9,514 violations cited across 5,361 inspections and $25.4M in wages recovered for workers.
- #18
- of 56 states by penalties
- 1.77
- violations per inspection
- $8K
- avg penalty per employer
- 1,430
- WHD wage-theft cases
This rank counts 52% of the penalty dollars recorded for Kansas: 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 #21 of 56.
OSHA citation docket
State IMIS book KS · Kansas AT/BELOW-US · MID-PPE
#18/56 · 5,361 insp · $27.1M
- BOOK 3,329 employers
- INSP 5,361 inspections
- RANK #18 of 56
- PEN $27.1M
- RATE 1.77 viol/insp
- VS-US AT/BELOW-US
- WHD $25.4M
- PHOTO Puerto Rico
Nearest employer-book peer: Puerto Rico ($17.5M penalty gap)
Kansas ranks #18 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 9,514 violations cited across 5,361 inspections and $25.4M 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 →
Kansas in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood
Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers
- AL
Alabama
$43,396,138 penalties
- KS (this)
Kansas
$27,142,071 penalties
- MD $13,089,910
Maryland
$13,089,910 penalties
- PR $9,679,932
Puerto Rico
$9,679,932 penalties
- MN $5,543,325
Minnesota
$5,543,325 penalties
- AZ $4,545,552
Arizona
$4,545,552 penalties
What this shows Kansas carries $27.1M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #18 of 56 jurisdictions.
Where Kansas ranks nationally
Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions
$8,153 Top 27% most affordable more affordable than 73% of 56 U.S. jurisdictions
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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 Kansas.
Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in Kansas
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 | Nisou Enterprises, Inc Fort Riley | 0 | 0 | $784K |
| 2 | Mortgage Lenders of America Leawood | 0 | 0 | $492K |
| 3 | Brent Lawrenz Wichita | 9 | 35 | $466K |
| 4 | Epic Landscape Productions Gardner | 0 | 0 | $450K |
| 5 | Northern Ag Overland Park | 0 | 0 | $388K |
| 6 | Gavilon Grain, LLC Wichita | 6 | 15 | $369K |
| 7 | Best Choice Home Health Agency, Incorporated Kansas City | 0 | 0 | $335K |
| 8 | Spirit Aerosystems, INC. Wichita | 30 | 40 | $331K |
| 9 | Horton Community Hospital Horton | 0 | 0 | $310K |
| 10 | Great Lakes Polymer Technologies LLC Kingman | 4 | 11 | $292K |
| 11 | Onsite Dealer Solutions Mission | 0 | 0 | $292K |
| 12 | TEK Systems Wichita | 0 | 0 | $271K |
| 13 | Hernandez Construction and More LLC Olathe | 2 | 4 | $264K |
| 14 | Best Harvest Bakeries Kansas City | 5 | 11 | $253K |
| 15 | Fort Riley Utility Services Fort Riley | 0 | 0 | $253K |
| 16 | Daimaru Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar Salina | 0 | 0 | $236K |
| 17 | Stix Restaurant Kansas City | 0 | 0 | $226K |
| 18 | Canyon Stone, Inc. Olathe | 0 | 0 | $223K |
| 19 | M Con, LLC Wathena | 0 | 0 | $221K |
| 20 | Jose Barrientos Derby | 2 | 11 | $202K |
All employers in Kansas
Industries in Kansas
Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within Kansas.
Top Cities in Kansas
The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Kansas (of 107 total).
Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates
Two enforcement-record peer sets for Kansas: 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 Kansas's employer-book footprint — matched by total assessed OSHA penalties ($27.1M here).
Similar violations per inspection
States with lower inspection-weighted violation rates near Kansas's 1.77 per inspection.
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 →