State enforcement profile · #12 of 56 by penalties · ABOVE-US
Michigan — top-third OSHA penalty rollup
Michigan ranks #12 of 56 by assessed OSHA penalties ($45.4M), with 24,804 inspections on 11,840 tracked employers.
- 11,840
- Employers
- 24,804
- Inspections
- $45.4M
- OSHA penalties
- $56.5M
- Back wages
The state in one line
Michigan ranks #12 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 67,640 violations cited across 24,804 inspections and $56.5M in wages recovered for workers.
- #12
- of 56 states by penalties
- 2.73
- violations per inspection
- $4K
- avg penalty per employer
- 3,158
- WHD wage-theft cases
This rank counts 56% of the penalty dollars recorded for Michigan: 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 #17 of 56.
OSHA citation docket
State IMIS book MI · Michigan ABOVE-US · LOW-PPE
#12/56 · 24,804 insp · $45.4M
- BOOK 11,840 employers
- INSP 24,804 inspections
- RANK #12 of 56
- PEN $45.4M
- RATE 2.73 viol/insp
- VS-US ABOVE-US
- WHD $56.5M
- PHOTO Florida
Nearest employer-book peer: Florida ($13.2M penalty gap)
Michigan ranks #12 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 67,640 violations cited across 24,804 inspections and $56.5M 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 →
Michigan in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood
Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers
- NJ
New Jersey
$116,441,120 penalties
- IL
Illinois
$97,162,064 penalties
- PA
Pennsylvania
$72,874,153 penalties
- FL
Florida
$58,623,129 penalties
- VA
Virginia
$48,083,101 penalties
- MI (this) $45,390,508
Michigan
$45,390,508 penalties
What this shows Michigan carries $45.4M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #12 of 56 jurisdictions.
Where Michigan ranks nationally
Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions
$3,834 Bottom 23% least affordable more affordable than 23% 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 Michigan.
Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in Michigan
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 | Populus Group Troy | 0 | 0 | $1.1M |
| 2 | Severstal North America INC Dearborn | 16 | 151 | $670K |
| 3 | Premier Tool & Die Cast Corporation Berrien Springs | 4 | 47 | $638K |
| 4 | Grand Rapids Plastics INC Grand Rapids | 5 | 63 | $581K |
| 5 | Testa Barra and J. Baldwins Macomb | 0 | 0 | $536K |
| 6 | Michigan Sugar Company Bay City | 34 | 88 | $531K |
| 7 | Michigan Sugar Company Croswell | 5 | 49 | $499K |
| 8 | Intertape Polymer CORP Marysville | 9 | 40 | $471K |
| 9 | Meridian Lightweight Technologies Eaton Rapids | 0 | 0 | $448K |
| 10 | Peak Performance Roof Cleaning LLC Ludington | 2 | 10 | $421K |
| 11 | Neapco Drivelines LLC Belleville | 36 | 134 | $373K |
| 12 | LTL Staffing Dearborn | 0 | 0 | $352K |
| 13 | Belle Tire Allen Park | 0 | 0 | $343K |
| 14 | Joak American Homes, et. al. Ann Arbor | 0 | 0 | $339K |
| 15 | Autumn Woods Health Care Facility Warren | 1 | 5 | $324K |
| 16 | Detroit Quality Staffing Dearborn | 0 | 0 | $321K |
| 17 | Rugged Liner Owosso | 4 | 9 | $316K |
| 18 | Teracom, Inc. Saline | 0 | 0 | $297K |
| 19 | Lee Contracting, INC. Carsonville | 2 | 7 | $288K |
| 20 | Ajm Packaging CORP Southgate | 5 | 44 | $285K |
All employers in Michigan
Industries in Michigan
Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within Michigan.
Top Cities in Michigan
The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Michigan (of 347 total).
Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates
Two enforcement-record peer sets for Michigan: 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 Michigan's employer-book footprint — matched by total assessed OSHA penalties ($45.4M here).
Similar violations per inspection
States with similarly high violations-per-inspection rates (2.73 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 →