State enforcement profile · #15 of 56 by penalties · AT/BELOW-US
Missouri — top-third OSHA penalty rollup
Missouri ranks #15 of 56 by assessed OSHA penalties ($30.7M), with 5,584 inspections on 4,048 tracked employers.
- 4,048
- Employers
- 5,584
- Inspections
- $30.7M
- OSHA penalties
- $37.6M
- Back wages
The state in one line
Missouri ranks #15 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 12,358 violations cited across 5,584 inspections and $37.6M in wages recovered for workers.
- #15
- of 56 states by penalties
- 2.21
- violations per inspection
- $8K
- avg penalty per employer
- 2,077
- WHD wage-theft cases
This rank counts 33% of the penalty dollars recorded for Missouri: 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 #15 of 56.
OSHA citation docket
State IMIS book MO · Missouri AT/BELOW-US · MID-PPE
#15/56 · 5,584 insp · $30.7M
- BOOK 4,048 employers
- INSP 5,584 inspections
- RANK #15 of 56
- PEN $30.7M
- RATE 2.21 viol/insp
- VS-US AT/BELOW-US
- WHD $37.6M
- PHOTO Wisconsin
Nearest employer-book peer: Wisconsin ($32.3M penalty gap)
Missouri ranks #15 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 12,358 violations cited across 5,584 inspections and $37.6M 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 →
Missouri in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood
Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers
- WI
Wisconsin
$62,986,079 penalties
- AL
Alabama
$43,396,138 penalties
- NV
Nevada
$33,508,424 penalties
- MO (this)
Missouri
$30,660,654 penalties
- MA
Massachusetts
$29,041,068 penalties
- CO $22,784,552
Colorado
$22,784,552 penalties
What this shows Missouri carries $30.7M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #15 of 56 jurisdictions.
Where Missouri ranks nationally
Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions
$7,574 Top 34% most affordable more affordable than 66% 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 Missouri.
Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in Missouri
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 | Rosales Masonry Ozark | 0 | 0 | $1.3M |
| 2 | L-3 Communications Kansas City | 0 | 0 | $888K |
| 3 | Heartland Regional Medical Center d/b/a Saint Joseph | 0 | 0 | $746K |
| 4 | Piney Woods Sanitation Jefferson City | 0 | 0 | $731K |
| 5 | GPM, Inc. West Alton | 0 | 0 | $663K |
| 6 | ZMDR LLC Lone Jack | 10 | 48 | $654K |
| 7 | Emery Sapp & Sons, Inc Columbia | 0 | 0 | $507K |
| 8 | Missouri Vegetable Farm Farmington | 0 | 0 | $480K |
| 9 | BCP Ingredients, INC. Verona | 7 | 43 | $386K |
| 10 | Bart's Electric Company Inc Liberty | 0 | 0 | $323K |
| 11 | Compass Resources LLC Kansas City | 7 | 63 | $312K |
| 12 | Hernandez Construction and More LLC Kansas City | 7 | 14 | $284K |
| 13 | Cydkam Neelyville | 0 | 0 | $284K |
| 14 | Owl, Inc. Saint Louis | 0 | 0 | $264K |
| 15 | H & R Block Kansas City | 0 | 0 | $258K |
| 16 | Caring Hands & Hearts of Kansas City, Inc. Kansas City | 0 | 0 | $257K |
| 17 | El Mercado Fresco Kansas City | 0 | 0 | $251K |
| 18 | Omni Conveyor and Maintenance Plus Inc. O Fallon | 0 | 0 | $200K |
| 19 | Missouri Cooperage Company LLC Lebanon | 2 | 31 | $200K |
| 20 | Crazy Craig's Cheeky Monkey Bar Branson | 0 | 0 | $196K |
All employers in Missouri
Industries in Missouri
Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within Missouri.
Top Cities in Missouri
The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Missouri (of 123 total).
Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates
Two enforcement-record peer sets for Missouri: 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 Missouri's employer-book footprint — matched by total assessed OSHA penalties ($30.7M here).
Similar violations per inspection
Nearest states by inspection-weighted violation rate (2.21 here).
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 →