What does Construction Fall Protection OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations show?

This page ranks state using OSHA-derived public records from the active HazIndex release.

Top States: Construction Fall Protection

HazIndex summarizes observed OSHA enforcement patterns using measurable factors such as citations, penalties, severity, recurrence, exposed employees, recent momentum, and response timing.

Top entities: Full coverage 2021-2025

Values reflect OSHA-derived records for the full coverage period.

Metric: Citations

Rank	State	Citations	HazIndex Full-period	Employees Exposed	Penalties
1	MD	4,932 citations	HazIndex 92 Very High Citation Pressure 100 Enforcement Severity 98 Penalty Impact 94 Recurrence 100 Exposure Impact 100 Recent Momentum 54 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	18,436 employees	$6.5M
2	TX	4,031 citations	HazIndex 75 High Citation Pressure 98 Enforcement Severity 30 Penalty Impact 100 Recurrence 98 Exposure Impact 98 Recent Momentum 18 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	11,926 employees	$9.7M
3	NC	3,496 citations	HazIndex 70 High Citation Pressure 96 Enforcement Severity 3 Penalty Impact 98 Recurrence 94 Exposure Impact 96 Recent Momentum 45 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	11,354 employees	$8M
4	MI	2,271 citations	HazIndex 72 High Citation Pressure 94 Enforcement Severity 40 Penalty Impact 65 Recurrence 83 Exposure Impact 94 Recent Momentum 61 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	8,306 employees	$1.2M
5	FL	2,042 citations	HazIndex 85 Very High Citation Pressure 92 Enforcement Severity 60 Penalty Impact 96 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 89 Recent Momentum 100 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	6,958 employees	$6.9M
6	IL	2,016 citations	HazIndex 75 High Citation Pressure 90 Enforcement Severity 23 Penalty Impact 92 Recurrence 96 Exposure Impact 92 Recent Momentum 74 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	7,854 employees	$5.8M
7	VA	1,987 citations	HazIndex 76 High Citation Pressure 89 Enforcement Severity 50 Penalty Impact 81 Recurrence 81 Exposure Impact 90 Recent Momentum 69 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	7,480 employees	$3.1M
8	WI	1,696 citations	HazIndex 78 High Citation Pressure 87 Enforcement Severity 58 Penalty Impact 90 Recurrence 92 Exposure Impact 87 Recent Momentum 60 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	6,379 employees	$4.9M
9	AL	1,647 citations	HazIndex 84 Very High Citation Pressure 85 Enforcement Severity 90 Penalty Impact 85 Recurrence 89 Exposure Impact 85 Recent Momentum 76 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,598 employees	$4.3M
10	GA	1,469 citations	HazIndex 83 Very High Citation Pressure 83 Enforcement Severity 78 Penalty Impact 87 Recurrence 87 Exposure Impact 80 Recent Momentum 96 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,983 employees	$4.8M
11	NY	1,445 citations	HazIndex 77 High Citation Pressure 81 Enforcement Severity 67 Penalty Impact 89 Recurrence 80 Exposure Impact 83 Recent Momentum 65 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,087 employees	$4.8M
12	MN	1,089 citations	HazIndex 54 Moderate Citation Pressure 80 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 74 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 81 Recent Momentum 14 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,003 employees	$2.1M
13	OH	1,016 citations	HazIndex 74 High Citation Pressure 78 Enforcement Severity 65 Penalty Impact 83 Recurrence 85 Exposure Impact 78 Recent Momentum 52 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,951 employees	$3.6M
14	PA	1,002 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 76 Enforcement Severity 56 Penalty Impact 80 Recurrence 69 Exposure Impact 74 Recent Momentum 67 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,057 employees	$2.7M
15	TN	986 citations	HazIndex 75 High Citation Pressure 74 Enforcement Severity 100 Penalty Impact 78 Recurrence 65 Exposure Impact 72 Recent Momentum 47 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,832 employees	$2.4M
16	IN	718 citations	HazIndex 45 Moderate Citation Pressure 72 Enforcement Severity 12 Penalty Impact 38 Recurrence 60 Exposure Impact 69 Recent Momentum 5 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,531 employees	$379K
17	CO	681 citations	HazIndex 66 High Citation Pressure 70 Enforcement Severity 63 Penalty Impact 72 Recurrence 78 Exposure Impact 70 Recent Momentum 36 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,744 employees	$2M
18	KY	677 citations	HazIndex 58 Moderate Citation Pressure 69 Enforcement Severity 7 Penalty Impact 76 Recurrence 56 Exposure Impact 76 Recent Momentum 92 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,933 employees	$2.3M
19	OK	555 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 65 Enforcement Severity 70 Penalty Impact 69 Recurrence 76 Exposure Impact 67 Recent Momentum 72 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,963 employees	$1.6M
20	MA	555 citations	HazIndex 59 Moderate Citation Pressure 65 Enforcement Severity 45 Penalty Impact 63 Recurrence 74 Exposure Impact 65 Recent Momentum 32 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,658 employees	$951.7K
21	AZ	544 citations	HazIndex 48 Moderate Citation Pressure 63 Enforcement Severity 9 Penalty Impact 67 Recurrence 52 Exposure Impact 63 Recent Momentum 30 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,538 employees	$1.5M
22	HI	408 citations	HazIndex 51 Moderate Citation Pressure 61 Enforcement Severity 25 Penalty Impact 61 Recurrence 72 Exposure Impact 58 Recent Momentum 23 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,163 employees	$950.7K
23	CT	366 citations	HazIndex 59 Moderate Citation Pressure 60 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 54 Recurrence 63 Exposure Impact 60 Recent Momentum 10 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,287 employees	$825.1K
24	ID	324 citations	HazIndex 60 High Citation Pressure 58 Enforcement Severity 80 Penalty Impact 58 Recurrence 60 Exposure Impact 52 Recent Momentum 38 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	928 employees	$884.8K
25	NH	298 citations	HazIndex 61 High Citation Pressure 56 Enforcement Severity 89 Penalty Impact 45 Recurrence 45 Exposure Impact 61 Recent Momentum 70 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,310 employees	$490.4K
26	OR	278 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 54 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 49 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 47 Recent Momentum 89 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	857 employees	$603.3K
27	DE	257 citations	HazIndex 68 High Citation Pressure 52 Enforcement Severity 81 Penalty Impact 70 Recurrence 67 Exposure Impact 54 Recent Momentum 94 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,055 employees	$1.8M
28	NJ	253 citations	HazIndex 57 Moderate Citation Pressure 50 Enforcement Severity 54 Penalty Impact 60 Recurrence 58 Exposure Impact 43 Recent Momentum 83 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	823 employees	$904.3K
29	NV	242 citations	HazIndex 52 Moderate Citation Pressure 49 Enforcement Severity 52 Penalty Impact 56 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 36 Recent Momentum 87 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	651 employees	$846.6K
30	SC	241 citations	HazIndex 29 Low Citation Pressure 47 Enforcement Severity 5 Penalty Impact 32 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 45 Recent Momentum 43 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	847 employees	$367K
31	SD	237 citations	HazIndex 50 Moderate Citation Pressure 45 Enforcement Severity 72 Penalty Impact 47 Recurrence 47 Exposure Impact 49 Recent Momentum 27 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	858 employees	$573.3K
32	RI	233 citations	HazIndex 40 Moderate Citation Pressure 43 Enforcement Severity 14 Penalty Impact 27 Recurrence 47 Exposure Impact 38 Recent Momentum 90 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	653 employees	$338.8K
33	WY	230 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 41 Enforcement Severity 41 Penalty Impact 50 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 40 Recent Momentum 49 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	737 employees	$624.2K
34	LA	229 citations	HazIndex 37 Low Citation Pressure 40 Enforcement Severity 38 Penalty Impact 52 Recurrence 36 Exposure Impact 34 Recent Momentum 3 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	644 employees	$716.4K
35	MT	208 citations	HazIndex 31 Low Citation Pressure 38 Enforcement Severity 18 Penalty Impact 34 Recurrence 21 Exposure Impact 41 Recent Momentum 25 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	764 employees	$375K
36	UT	190 citations	HazIndex 28 Low Citation Pressure 36 Enforcement Severity 10 Penalty Impact 5 Recurrence 34 Exposure Impact 50 Recent Momentum 29 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	894 employees	$56.5K
37	NE	183 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 34 Enforcement Severity 29 Penalty Impact 36 Recurrence 21 Exposure Impact 29 Recent Momentum 56 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	519 employees	$375.6K
38	MO	165 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 32 Enforcement Severity 47 Penalty Impact 40 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 32 Recent Momentum 80 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	636 employees	$382.7K
39	AK	150 citations	HazIndex 26 Low Citation Pressure 30 Enforcement Severity 20 Penalty Impact 18 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 23 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	414 employees	$168.3K
40	ND	149 citations	HazIndex 35 Low Citation Pressure 29 Enforcement Severity 27 Penalty Impact 29 Recurrence 47 Exposure Impact 30 Recent Momentum 50 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	532 employees	$356K
41	KS	139 citations	HazIndex 48 Moderate Citation Pressure 27 Enforcement Severity 69 Penalty Impact 41 Recurrence 54 Exposure Impact 25 Recent Momentum 81 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	442 employees	$455.5K
42	PR	123 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 25 Enforcement Severity 43 Penalty Impact 16 Recurrence 12 Exposure Impact 56 Recent Momentum 58 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,072 employees	$146.1K
43	WV	121 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 23 Enforcement Severity 87 Penalty Impact 30 Recurrence 36 Exposure Impact 20 Recent Momentum 41 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	325 employees	$365.7K
44	VT	106 citations	HazIndex 35 Low Citation Pressure 21 Enforcement Severity 74 Penalty Impact 21 Recurrence 21 Exposure Impact 18 Recent Momentum 40 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	274 employees	$202.7K
45	MS	100 citations	HazIndex 24 Low Citation Pressure 20 Enforcement Severity 32 Penalty Impact 23 Recurrence 16 Exposure Impact 21 Recent Momentum 20 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	332 employees	$209.4K
46	ME	92 citations	HazIndex 24 Low Citation Pressure 18 Enforcement Severity 36 Penalty Impact 25 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 16 Recent Momentum 1 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	228 employees	$264.6K
47	IA	78 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 16 Enforcement Severity 94 Penalty Impact 14 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 27 Recent Momentum 34 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	463 employees	$130.8K
48	GU	60 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 14 Enforcement Severity 49 Penalty Impact 20 Recurrence 21 Exposure Impact 14 Recent Momentum 98 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	181 employees	$198.3K
49	DC	50 citations	HazIndex 13 Minimal Citation Pressure 12 Enforcement Severity 21 Penalty Impact 9 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 9 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	140 employees	$80.2K
50	AR	46 citations	HazIndex 30 Low Citation Pressure 10 Enforcement Severity 92 Penalty Impact 12 Recurrence 16 Exposure Impact 7 Recent Momentum 12 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	108 employees	$124.1K
51	CA	43 citations	HazIndex 16 Minimal Citation Pressure 9 Enforcement Severity 16 Penalty Impact 1 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 10 Recent Momentum 63 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	155 employees	$52.6K
52	NM	26 citations	HazIndex 26 Low Citation Pressure 7 Enforcement Severity 61 Penalty Impact 10 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 1 Recent Momentum 78 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	91 employees	$83.6K
53	MP	25 citations	HazIndex 16 Minimal Citation Pressure 5 Enforcement Severity 34 Penalty Impact 7 Recurrence 16 Exposure Impact 1 Recent Momentum 16 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	91 employees	$71.3K
54	AS	22 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 3 Enforcement Severity 76 Penalty Impact 43 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 5 Recent Momentum 85 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	92 employees	$464.9K
55	VI	16 citations	HazIndex 26 Low Citation Pressure 1 Enforcement Severity 85 Penalty Impact 3 Recurrence 12 Exposure Impact 12 Recent Momentum 21 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	161 employees	$55.9K
56	WA	2 citations	HazIndex 22 Low Citation Pressure 0 Enforcement Severity 96 Penalty Impact 0 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 0 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	5 employees	$6.3K

Construction Fall Protection OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations

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