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State enforcement profile · #32 of 56 by penalties · AT/BELOW-US

Workplace enforcement in Puerto Rico

According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), Puerto Rico has 3,269 employers in the federal enforcement record, with 6,881 OSHA inspections and $9.7M in penalties assessed. The state's Wage and Hour Division has recovered $80.5M in back wages across 1,154 enforcement cases.

3,269
Employers
6,881
Inspections
$9.7M
OSHA penalties
$80.5M
Back wages

The state in one line

Puerto Rico ranks #32 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 11,369 violations cited across 6,881 inspections and $80.5M in wages recovered for workers.

#32
of 56 states by penalties
1.65
violations per inspection
$3K
avg penalty per employer
1,154
WHD wage-theft cases

OSHA citation docket

State IMIS book PR · Puerto Rico AT/BELOW-US · LOW-PPE

#32/56 · 6,881 insp · $9.7M

  • BOOK 3,269 employers
  • INSP 6,881 inspections
  • RANK #32 of 56
  • PEN $9.7M
  • RATE 1.65 viol/insp
  • VS-US AT/BELOW-US
  • WHD $80.5M
  • PHOTO Maryland

Nearest employer-book peer: Maryland ($3.4M penalty gap)

Puerto Rico ranks #32 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 11,369 violations cited across 6,881 inspections and $80.5M 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 →

Puerto Rico in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood

Total assessed OSHA penalties among this state and nearest employer-book peers

penalties

What this shows Puerto Rico carries $9.7M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #32 of 56 jurisdictions.

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

Where Puerto Rico ranks nationally

Average OSHA penalty per tracked employer, vs all 56 U.S. jurisdictions

$2,961 Bottom 14% least affordable more affordable than 14% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $4,000–$6,000: 17 U.S. jurisdictions (30%). Above this entry. $6,000–$8,000: 10 U.S. jurisdictions (18%). Above this entry. $8,000–$10,000: 5 U.S. jurisdictions (9%). Above this entry. $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. Puerto Rico $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 Puerto Rico.

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 violationAlabama, Total violations cited: 14683 · Average penalty per violation: $2955.54Alaska, Total violations cited: 11441 · Average penalty per violation: $1050.89American Samoa, Total violations cited: 829 · Average penalty per violation: $3521.93Arizona, Total violations cited: 8689 · Average penalty per violation: $523.14Arkansas, Total violations cited: 3343 · Average penalty per violation: $3153.71California, Total violations cited: 62917 · Average penalty per violation: $1931.91Colorado, Total violations cited: 11833 · Average penalty per violation: $1925.51Connecticut, Total violations cited: 23647 · Average penalty per violation: $1188.05Delaware, Total violations cited: 1884 · Average penalty per violation: $5004.52District of Columbia, Total violations cited: 2002 · Average penalty per violation: $1600.22Florida, Total violations cited: 20137 · Average penalty per violation: $2911.21Georgia, Total violations cited: 23607 · Average penalty per violation: $2424.16Guam, Total violations cited: 3356 · Average penalty per violation: $1368.12Hawaii, Total violations cited: 9120 · Average penalty per violation: $1397.7Idaho, Total violations cited: 3829 · Average penalty per violation: $1867.02Illinois, Total violations cited: 38576 · Average penalty per violation: $2518.72Indiana, Total violations cited: 4225 · Average penalty per violation: $1430.22Iowa, Total violations cited: 10267 · Average penalty per violation: $1892.75Kansas, Total violations cited: 9514 · Average penalty per violation: $2852.86Kentucky, Total violations cited: 3171 · Average penalty per violation: $1801.2Louisiana, Total violations cited: 3408 · Average penalty per violation: $2525.26Maine, Total violations cited: 8054 · Average penalty per violation: $1235.73Maryland, Total violations cited: 24360 · Average penalty per violation: $537.35Massachusetts, Total violations cited: 12091 · Average penalty per violation: $2401.87Michigan, Total violations cited: 67640 · Average penalty per violation: $671.06Minnesota, Total violations cited: 9173 · Average penalty per violation: $604.31Mississippi, Total violations cited: 4912 · Average penalty per violation: $2280.7Missouri, Total violations cited: 12358 · Average penalty per violation: $2481.04Montana, Total violations cited: 2718 · Average penalty per violation: $2076Nebraska, Total violations cited: 4514 · Average penalty per violation: $3581.2Nevada, Total violations cited: 18844 · Average penalty per violation: $1778.2New Hampshire, Total violations cited: 3281 · Average penalty per violation: $2336.7New Jersey, Total violations cited: 51588 · Average penalty per violation: $2257.14New Mexico, Total violations cited: 2690 · Average penalty per violation: $1987.11New York, Total violations cited: 79647 · Average penalty per violation: $851.4North Carolina, Total violations cited: 18017 · Average penalty per violation: $593.13North Dakota, Total violations cited: 1761 · Average penalty per violation: $4787.03Northern Mariana Islands, Total violations cited: 943 · Average penalty per violation: $1423.52Ohio, Total violations cited: 33085 · Average penalty per violation: $3209.32Oklahoma, Total violations cited: 5020 · Average penalty per violation: $2618.51Oregon, Total violations cited: 21930 · Average penalty per violation: $263.72Pennsylvania, Total violations cited: 34307 · Average penalty per violation: $2124.18Puerto Rico, Total violations cited: 11369 · Average penalty per violation: $851.43Rhode Island, Total violations cited: 3528 · Average penalty per violation: $1806.54South Carolina, Total violations cited: 5382 · Average penalty per violation: $551.38South Dakota, Total violations cited: 1901 · Average penalty per violation: $3123.16Tennessee, Total violations cited: 38865 · Average penalty per violation: $633.23Texas, Total violations cited: 37481 · Average penalty per violation: $3006.51Utah, Total violations cited: 6414 · Average penalty per violation: $1044.66Vermont, Total violations cited: 3044 · Average penalty per violation: $1498.54Virgin Islands, Total violations cited: 2592 · Average penalty per violation: $737.45Virginia, Total violations cited: 29121 · Average penalty per violation: $1651.15Washington, Total violations cited: 28812 · Average penalty per violation: $424.16West Virginia, Total violations cited: 3289 · Average penalty per violation: $2142.24Wisconsin, Total violations cited: 23614 · Average penalty per violation: $2667.32Wyoming, Total violations cited: 2936 · Average penalty per violation: $1582.38
Puerto Rico cites 11,369 total violations at an average current penalty of $851.43 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 Puerto Rico

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.

#EmployerInspectionsViolationsPenalty + wages
1Puerto Rico Police DepartmentSan Juan00$20.7M
2Municipio DE San JuanSan Juan4186$5.8M
3GenStrongRio Grande00$3.8M
4PR Police - Police AcademySan Juan00$3.6M
5PR PoliceSan Juan00$3.2M
6Alpha TelekomSan Juan00$2.0M
7Genstrong Ft. BlissRio Grande00$1.6M
8Puerto Rico Police Department-480-23San Juan00$1.5M
9PR Police - Federal Task ForceSan Juan00$1.4M
10Xperts, Inc.San Juan00$1.3M
11ADFAN (Administracion de Familia y Ninos)San Juan00$753K
12Gobierno Municipal de YaucoYauco00$589K
13Lighthouse TranslationsSan Sebastian00$525K
14Gen Serv - DMG FEMA GeorgiaRio Grande00$505K
15Policia Municipal de CarolinaCarolina00$503K
16Empresas Cesar CastilloGuaynabo00$503K
17Municipality of San JuanSan Juan00$500K
18Xpert's LLC - Caguas RegionSan Juan00$479K
19DSSan Juan2159$443K
20P. R. Police K- 9 UnitSan Juan00$431K

All employers in Puerto Rico

EmployerCityInspectionsPenalty
The Battery Recycling CO., INC.Arecibo3$109K
Emergencias Medicas de CorozalCorozal0$0
Wilfredo Ruiz VargasMaricao0$0
Puerto Rico Department of JusticeSan Juan0$0
Municipio DE BayamonBayamon10$3K
EptingSan Juan0$0
Win Access SecurityCanovanas0$0
DESan Juan39$99K
Eagle Security Police Inc.Guayama0$0
DCRBayamon15$97K
P.R. Dept. of Recreation and SportsSan Juan0$0
Tipco, INC.Coamo0$0
Os-DB-JV-2, LLCSabana Seca0$0
Upr Recinto DE MayaguezMayaguez1$0
Limpieza & Mas, Mje - CRCSan Lorenzo0$0
Policia Municipal GuraboGurabo0$0
PR Dept of Corrections- Int Juveniles PonceSan Juan0$0
DEToa Baja12$89K
UprSan Juan12$88K
S2 Services Puerto Rico LLCSan Juan0$0
Valley Crest Puerto RicoBayamon0$0
DEGuaynabo6$86K
Municipio Autonomo DE GuaynaboGuaynabo2$0
Optimus Investigations, Corp.San Juan0$0
The JV of FR/BLDMSan Juan0$0
The Facilitators: Camp Ironhorse, Inc.San Juan0$0
SN Transport, Inc.Cabo Rojo0$0
Beneficiado Jose L. TorresLares0$0
Mangual's Office Cleaning ServiceSan Juan0$0
West Security ServicesSan Sebastian0$0
Guardia Nacional de Puerto Rico (GNPR)Guaynabo0$0
Municipio DE CorozalCorozal6$0
True Guard Security (TGS)San Juan0$0
Junta de Calidad AmbientalSan Juan0$0
Paquito TransportSabana Seca0$0
United Security ServiceMoca0$0
Municipio DE CanovanasCanovanas5$0
Tasca El PescadorSan Juan0$0
DECarolina30$77K
Norma Iris Ruiz BonillaSabana Hoyos0$0
Prevention Security Services, Corp.Vega Baja0$0
AepPonce28$75K
SCU Trebol, Inc./Trebol SecurityCaguas0$0
CEM Group, LLCFlorida0$0
H.P. Services Corp.San Juan0$0
Das Pastell Haus CorporationSan Juan0$0
Red Tower Group, Inc.Bayamon0$0
Omega Services Corp.Trujillo Alto0$0
Bita's Fuel CorporationSan Juan0$0
DEToa Alta10$70K
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Industries in Puerto Rico

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

Accommodation & Food ServicesAdministrative & Waste ServicesAgriculture, Forestry, Fishing & HuntingArts, Entertainment & RecreationConstructionEducational ServicesFinance & InsuranceHealthcare & Social AssistanceInformationManufacturingOtherOther ServicesProfessional & Technical ServicesPublic AdministrationReal Estate & RentalRetail TradeTransportation & WarehousingUtilitiesWholesale Trade

Top Cities in Puerto Rico

The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Puerto Rico (of 83 total).

San Juan (532)Carolina (198)Ponce (190)Mayaguez (170)Bayamon (141)Caguas (140)Arecibo (134)Aguadilla (95)Guaynabo (94)Humacao (53)Toa Baja (51)Yauco (50)Hato Rey (44)Manati (44)Vega Baja (40)Cabo Rojo (40)San German (37)Rio Piedras (35)Hatillo (35)Utuado (34)

View all 83 cities in Puerto Rico →

Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates

Two enforcement-record peer sets for Puerto Rico: 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

Nearest jurisdictions by total assessed OSHA penalties ($9.7M here).

Maine $10.0M Arkansas $10.5M North Carolina $10.7M Louisiana $8.6M

Similar violations per inspection

States with lower inspection-weighted violation rates near Puerto Rico's 1.65 per inspection.

Nevada 1.64/insp Utah 1.67/insp Indiana 1.63/insp Kentucky 1.69/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 →