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State enforcement profile · #11 of 56 by penalties · AT/BELOW-US

Virginia — top-third OSHA penalty rollup

Virginia ranks #11 of 56 by assessed OSHA penalties ($48.1M), with 14,670 inspections on 8,028 tracked employers.

8,028
Employers
14,670
Inspections
$48.1M
OSHA penalties
$150.6M
Back wages

The state in one line

Virginia ranks #11 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 29,121 violations cited across 14,670 inspections and $150.6M in wages recovered for workers.

#11
of 56 states by penalties
1.99
violations per inspection
$6K
avg penalty per employer
2,783
WHD wage-theft cases

This rank counts 47% of the penalty dollars recorded for Virginia: 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 #13 of 56.

OSHA citation docket

State IMIS book VA · Virginia AT/BELOW-US · MID-PPE

#11/56 · 14,670 insp · $48.1M

  • BOOK 8,028 employers
  • INSP 14,670 inspections
  • RANK #11 of 56
  • PEN $48.1M
  • RATE 1.99 viol/insp
  • VS-US AT/BELOW-US
  • WHD $150.6M
  • PHOTO Ohio

Nearest employer-book peer: Ohio ($58.1M penalty gap)

Virginia ranks #11 of 56 U.S. jurisdictions by total OSHA penalties, with 29,121 violations cited across 14,670 inspections and $150.6M 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 →

Virginia in the OSHA-penalty neighbourhood

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

penalties

What this shows Virginia carries $48.1M in assessed OSHA penalties, ranked #11 of 56 jurisdictions.

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

Where Virginia ranks nationally

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

$5,989 Top 46% most affordable more affordable than 54% 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%). This entry sits in this band. $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. Virginia $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 Virginia.

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
Virginia cites 29,121 total violations at an average current penalty of $1651.15 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 Virginia

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 Inverness Technologies, Inc. Annandale 0 0 $14.6M
2 CarePeople Home Health, Inc. Annandale 0 0 $3.9M
3 The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Danville 36 261 $3.6M
4 Fpmi Alexandria 0 0 $3.2M
5 Csra, LLC Falls Church 0 0 $2.8M
6 Computing Technologies, Inc. State Department Fairfax 0 0 $2.6M
7 Inverness Technolgies, Inc Annandale 0 0 $2.6M
8 LaserShip, Inc. Vienna 0 0 $2.5M
9 Peregrine Technical Solutions LLC. Yorktown 0 0 $2.3M
10 Metters Industries, Inc. McLean 0 0 $2.1M
11 Thomas Builders of Virginia, INC. Lynchburg 6 26 $2.0M
12 Young's Healthcare Annandale 0 0 $2.0M
13 Prosegur Services Group, Inc. Herndon 0 0 $1.8M
14 Thomas Builders of Virginia, INC. Roanoke 8 23 $1.6M
15 ECS Federal, LLC Fairfax 0 0 $1.6M
16 Apex Systems LLC Glen Allen 0 0 $1.4M
17 Unlimited Care 4 Home Corp Stafford 0 0 $1.4M
18 Thomas Builders of Virginia, INC. Daleville 6 18 $1.3M
19 Reliance Medical Transport Virginia Beach 0 0 $1.2M
20 Hair Cuttery Vienna 0 0 $1.1M

All employers in Virginia

Employer CityInspectionsPenalty
Branscome Incorporated Hampton 4 $519K
Hyperion 2Y07 NETCENTS McLean 0 $0
The Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Incorporated Mount Jackson 2 $517K
BG Healthcare Services Falls Church 0 $0
Inverness Technologies-Hawaii Annandale 0 $0
NSC Technologies Portsmouth 0 $0
Hutch Corporation Virginia Beach 4 $459K
Broad Run Contracting Ashburn 0 $0
Day-Debut Mechanical Incorporated Alexandria 0 $0
Advantage Home Care LLC Norfolk 0 $0
BAE Systems Arlington 0 $0
E & P Electrical Contracting Co., Inc / GDTMS Norfolk 0 $0
Sushi King Richmond Inc. Richmond 0 $0
Teleworld Solutions Inc. Chantilly 0 $0
Govcio Fairfax 0 $0
Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC Salem 28 $392K
Man Tech International, Inc. Chantilly 0 $0
DC Luxury Coach, LLC. Ashburn 0 $0
SD Carter Enterprise Springfield 0 $0
Smith-Midland Corporation Midland 6 $382K
Destiny Home Care Fairfax 0 $0
Nationwide Homes Martinsville 7 $375K
HomeCare.com McLean 0 $0
MVM, Inc. Ashburn 0 $0
Planet Direct Mail Manassas 0 $0
Heavenly Hands Home Health Care Chesapeake 0 $0
El Rodeo Electric, Inc. Roanoke 0 $0
ACI Federal Fredericksburg 0 $0
Lifecycle Construction Services, LLC Fredericksburg 0 $0
Agensys Corporation Ashburn 0 $0
Virginia University of Lynchburg Lynchburg 2 $0
Alliance Home Care LLC Woodbridge 0 $0
El Rodeo Orange, Inc. Roanoke 0 $0
First Choice Home Care Sterling 0 $0
Careytown Seafood, Inc. Mechanicsville 0 $0
Paragon Systems, Inc. Herndon 0 $0
Serenity Healthcare LLC Chesapeake 0 $0
American Sign Supply Chesapeake 3 $312K
CDM Smith Haskell, A Joint Venture Fairfax 0 $0
"Y" Christian Care Norfolk 0 $0
Progressive Services of Virginia Virginia Beach 0 $0
NW Systems, Inc. Mc Lean 0 $0
Safe Haven Richmond 0 $0
Bae Systems Ordnance Systems, INC. Radford 10 $292K
Sierra 7, Inc Reston 0 $0
CHU Contracting, Inc Chantilly 0 $0
Adnet Inc. McLean 0 $0
OBXtek, Inc. Vienna 0 $0
Cuisine Solutions INC. Sterling 7 $284K
City Lending Vienna 0 $0
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Industries in Virginia

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

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 Virginia

The 20 cities with the most employers in the federal enforcement record within Virginia (of 184 total).

Richmond (572)Virginia Beach (563)Norfolk (465)Chesapeake (312)Roanoke (258)Lynchburg (230)Newport News (211)Blacksburg (177)Alexandria (172)Hampton (146)Portsmouth (135)Fredericksburg (135)Suffolk (133)Henrico (131)Charlottesville (130)Arlington (127)Williamsburg (122)Manassas (101)Sterling (100)Glen Allen (100)

View all 184 cities in Virginia →

Nationwide states with similar OSHA penalties or violation rates

Two enforcement-record peer sets for Virginia: 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 Virginia's employer-book footprint — matched by total assessed OSHA penalties ($48.1M here).

Michigan $45.4M Alabama $43.4M Georgia $57.2M Florida $58.6M

Similar violations per inspection

Nearest states by inspection-weighted violation rate (1.99 here).

Minnesota 2.00/insp West Virginia 1.96/insp Texas 2.01/insp Massachusetts 2.04/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 →