State enforcement profile · #4 of 56 by penalties · ABOVE-US
Ohio — top-third OSHA penalty rollup
Ohio ranks #4 of 56 by assessed OSHA penalties ($106.2M), with 12,879 inspections on 6,993 tracked employers.
- 6,993
- Employers
- 12,879
- Inspections
- $106.2M
- OSHA penalties
- $68.2M
- Back wages
The state in one line
Ohio ranks #4 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 33,085 violations cited across 12,879 inspections and $68.2M in wages recovered for workers.
- #4
- of 56 states by penalties
- 2.57
- violations per inspection
- $15K
- avg penalty per employer
- 2,724
- WHD wage-theft cases
This rank counts 44% of the penalty dollars recorded for Ohio: 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 #4 of 56.
OSHA citation docket
State IMIS book OH · Ohio ABOVE-US · HIGH-PPE
#4/56 · 12,879 insp · $106.2M
- BOOK 6,993 employers
- INSP 12,879 inspections
- RANK #4 of 56
- PEN $106.2M
- RATE 2.57 viol/insp
- VS-US ABOVE-US
- WHD $68.2M
- PHOTO Georgia
Nearest employer-book peer: Georgia ($49.0M penalty gap)
Ohio ranks #4 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 33,085 violations cited across 12,879 inspections and $68.2M 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 →
Ohio in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood
Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers
- OH (this)
Ohio
$106,180,403 penalties
- GA
Georgia
$57,227,186 penalties
- VA
Virginia
$48,083,101 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
What this shows Ohio carries $106.2M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #4 of 56 jurisdictions.
Where Ohio ranks nationally
Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions
$15,184 Top 7% most affordable more affordable than 93% 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 Ohio.
Top OSHA & wage enforcement actions in Ohio
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 | Kroger Cincinnati | 1 | 1 | $7.9M |
| 2 | Sunfield, INC. Hebron | 14 | 160 | $2.6M |
| 3 | Republic Steel Canton | 20 | 139 | $1.6M |
| 4 | Nox US, LLC Fostoria | 10 | 49 | $1.5M |
| 5 | Zwanenberg Food Group (USA) INC. Cincinnati | 10 | 41 | $1.3M |
| 6 | Apex Cleveland | 0 | 0 | $899K |
| 7 | Dowa THT America, INC. Bowling Green | 5 | 59 | $835K |
| 8 | Alside Cuyahoga Falls | 0 | 0 | $833K |
| 9 | Timkensteel Corporation Canton | 20 | 55 | $831K |
| 10 | The Yenkin-Majestic Paint Corporation Columbus | 2 | 36 | $710K |
| 11 | Champaign Residential Services, Inc Urbana | 0 | 0 | $692K |
| 12 | Case Farms Processing, INC. Winesburg | 14 | 122 | $684K |
| 13 | Akzo Nobel Decorative Paints Huron | 0 | 0 | $675K |
| 14 | Republic Steel Massillon | 8 | 53 | $662K |
| 15 | General Aluminum MFG. Company Ravenna | 6 | 39 | $618K |
| 16 | 1st Choice Family Services Columbus | 0 | 0 | $604K |
| 17 | General Aluminum MFG. Company Wapakoneta | 4 | 26 | $594K |
| 18 | Republic Steel Lorain | 17 | 59 | $586K |
| 19 | Firstenergy Akron | 1 | 0 | $580K |
| 20 | Napoleon Spring Works, INC. Archbold | 9 | 50 | $569K |
All employers in Ohio
Industries in Ohio
Enforcement and wage-compliance data broken out by industry sector within Ohio.
Top Cities in Ohio
The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Ohio (of 246 total).
Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates
Two enforcement-record peer sets for Ohio: 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 Ohio's employer-book footprint — matched by total assessed OSHA penalties ($106.2M here).
Similar violations per inspection
States with similarly high violations-per-inspection rates (2.57 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 →