PlainWorker
States › Kansas

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

penalties

What this shows Kansas carries $27.1M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #18 of 56 jurisdictions.

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

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

$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. Kansas $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 Kansas.

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
Kansas cites 9,514 total violations at an average current penalty of $2852.86 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 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 InspectionsViolationsPenalty + 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

Employer CityInspectionsPenalty
Leavenworth Detention Center Leavenworth 0 $0
Arnoldo Venzor Wichita 4 $26K
Adm Milling CO. Abilene 2 $25K
Wescon Plastics LLC Wichita 4 $25K
Buffet City Wichita 0 $0
Vermillion INC. Wichita 7 $25K
PKM Steel Service, INC. Salina 3 $25K
Challenger Sports Corp. Overland Park 0 $0
Kanza Cooperative Association Iuka 4 $25K
Nowak Construction Company, INC. Wichita 2 $25K
Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation Emporia 6 $25K
Walden Medical Staffing Wichita 0 $0
7th Street Casino Kansas City 0 $0
Speakeasy Bar & Grill Salina 0 $0
Advanced Individual Services (AIS) Topeka 0 $0
The J.M. Smucker Company Topeka 4 $25K
Paradigm Alliance/Paradigm Liaison Wichita 0 $0
Omya INC. Wathena 3 $25K
Power Flame, INC Parsons 2 $25K
Adolfo Arturo Vazquez Aguilera Wichita 3 $25K
Cox Machine, INC. Harper 2 $25K
Brookover Feed Yards, INC Garden City 5 $25K
Jay Hatfield Chevrolet Buick Columbus 0 $0
Kansas City Intermodal Kansas City 0 $0
Woodwork Manufacturing & Supply, INC. Hutchinson 3 $25K
Wichita Treatment Center Wichita 0 $0
Advent Health Home Care Shawnee Overland Park 0 $0
JV Energy Services INC Liberal 1 $0
RD Henry & Company LLC Wichita 3 $24K
Signature Landscape, INC. Olathe 2 $24K
Bold Transportation Kansas City 0 $0
Five Star Framing, LLC Olathe 2 $24K
National Beef Processing Dodge City 0 $0
Reliable Caps, LLC Olathe 4 $24K
National Beef Dodge City 6 $22K
Jose Lopez Wichita 5 $24K
Extrusions INC Fort Scott 3 $24K
HP Pelzer Automotive Systems, INC. Eudora 3 $24K
Austin's Bar & Grill Olathe 0 $0
Holiday Inn Lawrence 0 $0
Landmark Drilling, LLC Dighton 2 $24K
Tequilas Mexican Grill Goodland 0 $0
Jose Antonio Lopez Serrano Wichita 2 $24K
The Thai Noodle Manhattan 0 $0
Silvestre Zapote Wichita 2 $24K
Unit Drilling Company Anthony 2 $24K
American Protein Corporation Sublette 4 $24K
Sheffield Barbers, LLC Fort Leavenworth 0 $0
Jimmy John's #1471 (College) Overland Park 0 $0
Wirths & Sons, INC. Wichita 6 $24K
← Previous Page 11 of 67 Next →

Industries in Kansas

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

Accommodation & Food ServicesAdministrative & Waste ServicesAgriculture, Forestry, Fishing & HuntingArts, Entertainment & RecreationConstructionEducational ServicesFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformationManagement of CompaniesManufacturingMining, Quarrying, Oil & GasOtherOther ServicesProfessional & Technical ServicesPublic AdministrationReal Estate & RentalRetail TradeTransportation & WarehousingUtilitiesWholesale Trade

Top Cities in Kansas

The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Kansas (of 107 total).

Wichita (715)Overland Park (241)Kansas City (182)Olathe (161)Topeka (150)Lenexa (123)Lawrence (84)Shawnee (75)Salina (63)Manhattan (55)Hutchinson (40)Leawood (38)Garden City (32)Fort Riley (32)Newton (30)Leavenworth (28)Derby (27)Goddard (25)Dodge City (25)Junction City (24)

View all 107 cities in Kansas →

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).

Connecticut $28.1M Massachusetts $29.0M Tennessee $24.6M Missouri $30.7M

Similar violations per inspection

States with lower inspection-weighted violation rates near Kansas's 1.77 per inspection.

Oklahoma 1.78/insp Florida 1.80/insp California 1.73/insp Colorado 1.82/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 →