What does Construction Ladder and Stairway 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 Ladder and Stairway

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	2,273 citations	HazIndex 92 Very High Citation Pressure 100 Enforcement Severity 100 Penalty Impact 90 Recurrence 100 Exposure Impact 100 Recent Momentum 55 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	7,742 employees	$2M
2	TX	1,887 citations	HazIndex 73 High Citation Pressure 98 Enforcement Severity 25 Penalty Impact 100 Recurrence 96 Exposure Impact 98 Recent Momentum 12 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,381 employees	$3.6M
3	NC	1,228 citations	HazIndex 65 High Citation Pressure 96 Enforcement Severity 1 Penalty Impact 87 Recurrence 79 Exposure Impact 94 Recent Momentum 38 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,590 employees	$1.5M
4	IL	1,211 citations	HazIndex 90 Very High Citation Pressure 94 Enforcement Severity 85 Penalty Impact 98 Recurrence 98 Exposure Impact 96 Recent Momentum 74 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,099 employees	$3.2M
5	FL	928 citations	HazIndex 81 Very High Citation Pressure 92 Enforcement Severity 57 Penalty Impact 96 Recurrence 85 Exposure Impact 90 Recent Momentum 77 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,844 employees	$2.4M
6	WI	846 citations	HazIndex 84 Very High Citation Pressure 90 Enforcement Severity 72 Penalty Impact 94 Recurrence 94 Exposure Impact 92 Recent Momentum 64 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,048 employees	$2.2M
7	NY	791 citations	HazIndex 78 High Citation Pressure 88 Enforcement Severity 59 Penalty Impact 92 Recurrence 87 Exposure Impact 87 Recent Momentum 61 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,272 employees	$2.1M
8	VA	722 citations	HazIndex 72 High Citation Pressure 87 Enforcement Severity 50 Penalty Impact 70 Recurrence 79 Exposure Impact 85 Recent Momentum 70 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,165 employees	$742.6K
9	OR	683 citations	HazIndex 66 High Citation Pressure 85 Enforcement Severity 3 Penalty Impact 85 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 83 Recent Momentum 62 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,653 employees	$1.5M
10	OH	644 citations	HazIndex 80 Very High Citation Pressure 83 Enforcement Severity 90 Penalty Impact 88 Recurrence 92 Exposure Impact 88 Recent Momentum 22 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,328 employees	$1.9M
11	GA	498 citations	HazIndex 74 High Citation Pressure 81 Enforcement Severity 64 Penalty Impact 79 Recurrence 66 Exposure Impact 79 Recent Momentum 83 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,450 employees	$1.1M
12	PA	453 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 79 Enforcement Severity 53 Penalty Impact 81 Recurrence 74 Exposure Impact 77 Recent Momentum 46 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,426 employees	$1.1M
13	AL	446 citations	HazIndex 77 High Citation Pressure 77 Enforcement Severity 92 Penalty Impact 83 Recurrence 88 Exposure Impact 81 Recent Momentum 29 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,573 employees	$1.2M
14	MA	390 citations	HazIndex 67 High Citation Pressure 75 Enforcement Severity 75 Penalty Impact 66 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 70 Recent Momentum 27 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,007 employees	$643.4K
15	TN	387 citations	HazIndex 68 High Citation Pressure 74 Enforcement Severity 98 Penalty Impact 55 Recurrence 46 Exposure Impact 68 Recent Momentum 51 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	958 employees	$316.9K
16	MO	378 citations	HazIndex 77 High Citation Pressure 72 Enforcement Severity 87 Penalty Impact 77 Recurrence 77 Exposure Impact 74 Recent Momentum 81 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,141 employees	$1M
17	IN	307 citations	HazIndex 40 Moderate Citation Pressure 70 Enforcement Severity 12 Penalty Impact 37 Recurrence 27 Exposure Impact 66 Recent Momentum 9 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	918 employees	$123.2K
18	NJ	278 citations	HazIndex 66 High Citation Pressure 68 Enforcement Severity 79 Penalty Impact 74 Recurrence 66 Exposure Impact 55 Recent Momentum 40 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	713 employees	$851.8K
19	NE	258 citations	HazIndex 61 High Citation Pressure 64 Enforcement Severity 74 Penalty Impact 68 Recurrence 48 Exposure Impact 61 Recent Momentum 35 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	775 employees	$660K
20	CO	258 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 64 Enforcement Severity 61 Penalty Impact 64 Recurrence 51 Exposure Impact 72 Recent Momentum 59 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,088 employees	$584.9K
21	CT	255 citations	HazIndex 61 High Citation Pressure 62 Enforcement Severity 77 Penalty Impact 59 Recurrence 62 Exposure Impact 64 Recent Momentum 24 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	835 employees	$447.6K
22	MN	234 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 61 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 53 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 62 Recent Momentum 14 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	788 employees	$250.3K
23	KS	230 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 59 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 75 Recurrence 83 Exposure Impact 51 Recent Momentum 57 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	675 employees	$946.7K
24	KY	228 citations	HazIndex 53 Moderate Citation Pressure 57 Enforcement Severity 7 Penalty Impact 72 Recurrence 51 Exposure Impact 75 Recent Momentum 79 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,180 employees	$790.2K
25	OK	224 citations	HazIndex 61 High Citation Pressure 55 Enforcement Severity 51 Penalty Impact 62 Recurrence 75 Exposure Impact 57 Recent Momentum 75 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	769 employees	$538.7K
26	NH	203 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 53 Enforcement Severity 94 Penalty Impact 46 Recurrence 62 Exposure Impact 59 Recent Momentum 44 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	773 employees	$232.1K
27	RI	184 citations	HazIndex 59 Moderate Citation Pressure 51 Enforcement Severity 66 Penalty Impact 57 Recurrence 48 Exposure Impact 46 Recent Momentum 92 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	487 employees	$332.1K
28	SD	180 citations	HazIndex 51 Moderate Citation Pressure 50 Enforcement Severity 55 Penalty Impact 44 Recurrence 61 Exposure Impact 53 Recent Momentum 33 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	697 employees	$227.1K
29	DE	157 citations	HazIndex 64 High Citation Pressure 48 Enforcement Severity 88 Penalty Impact 61 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 48 Recent Momentum 66 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	508 employees	$509.4K
30	ID	150 citations	HazIndex 49 Moderate Citation Pressure 46 Enforcement Severity 29 Penalty Impact 51 Recurrence 51 Exposure Impact 44 Recent Momentum 88 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	484 employees	$245K
31	HI	146 citations	HazIndex 37 Low Citation Pressure 44 Enforcement Severity 14 Penalty Impact 40 Recurrence 51 Exposure Impact 42 Recent Momentum 20 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	394 employees	$147.9K
32	AZ	127 citations	HazIndex 28 Low Citation Pressure 42 Enforcement Severity 9 Penalty Impact 27 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 38 Recent Momentum 48 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	314 employees	$94.4K
33	LA	116 citations	HazIndex 38 Low Citation Pressure 40 Enforcement Severity 37 Penalty Impact 48 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 35 Recent Momentum 11 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	256 employees	$238.6K
34	PR	96 citations	HazIndex 41 Moderate Citation Pressure 38 Enforcement Severity 48 Penalty Impact 35 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 50 Recent Momentum 87 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	521 employees	$111.6K
35	ND	89 citations	HazIndex 40 Moderate Citation Pressure 37 Enforcement Severity 16 Penalty Impact 50 Recurrence 51 Exposure Impact 40 Recent Momentum 53 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	324 employees	$242.9K
36	SC	74 citations	HazIndex 24 Low Citation Pressure 35 Enforcement Severity 5 Penalty Impact 22 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 37 Recent Momentum 50 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	272 employees	$68K
37	WV	71 citations	HazIndex 45 Moderate Citation Pressure 33 Enforcement Severity 70 Penalty Impact 42 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 33 Recent Momentum 42 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	231 employees	$178.1K
38	MS	65 citations	HazIndex 24 Low Citation Pressure 31 Enforcement Severity 24 Penalty Impact 29 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 31 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	221 employees	$95.4K
39	GU	52 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 29 Enforcement Severity 31 Penalty Impact 33 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 18 Recent Momentum 96 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	101 employees	$106.1K
40	NV	50 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 27 Enforcement Severity 46 Penalty Impact 38 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 16 Recent Momentum 72 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	97 employees	$128.8K
41	IA	49 citations	HazIndex 36 Low Citation Pressure 25 Enforcement Severity 81 Penalty Impact 24 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 29 Recent Momentum 37 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	166 employees	$68.8K
42	UT	48 citations	HazIndex 27 Low Citation Pressure 24 Enforcement Severity 40 Penalty Impact 5 Recurrence 27 Exposure Impact 24 Recent Momentum 25 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	118 employees	$25.6K
43	AK	43 citations	HazIndex 20 Low Citation Pressure 22 Enforcement Severity 20 Penalty Impact 11 Recurrence 27 Exposure Impact 20 Recent Momentum 3 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	104 employees	$34.5K
44	AR	42 citations	HazIndex 39 Low Citation Pressure 18 Enforcement Severity 68 Penalty Impact 31 Recurrence 27 Exposure Impact 25 Recent Momentum 68 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	158 employees	$102.6K
45	DC	42 citations	HazIndex 28 Low Citation Pressure 18 Enforcement Severity 38 Penalty Impact 25 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 22 Recent Momentum 5 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	110 employees	$78.2K
46	ME	30 citations	HazIndex 30 Low Citation Pressure 16 Enforcement Severity 33 Penalty Impact 20 Recurrence 27 Exposure Impact 11 Recent Momentum 85 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	73 employees	$56.3K
47	VT	29 citations	HazIndex 30 Low Citation Pressure 12 Enforcement Severity 42 Penalty Impact 18 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 27 Recent Momentum 98 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	159 employees	$42.3K
48	WY	29 citations	HazIndex 18 Minimal Citation Pressure 12 Enforcement Severity 35 Penalty Impact 16 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 12 Recent Momentum 16 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	89 employees	$41.6K
49	MP	21 citations	HazIndex 17 Minimal Citation Pressure 11 Enforcement Severity 27 Penalty Impact 9 Recurrence 27 Exposure Impact 3 Recent Momentum 1 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	42 employees	$31.8K
50	MT	17 citations	HazIndex 17 Minimal Citation Pressure 9 Enforcement Severity 11 Penalty Impact 1 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 5 Recent Momentum 90 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	47 employees	$8.7K
51	NM	16 citations	HazIndex 27 Low Citation Pressure 5 Enforcement Severity 62 Penalty Impact 14 Recurrence 27 Exposure Impact 7 Recent Momentum 31 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	63 employees	$36.9K
52	VI	16 citations	HazIndex 17 Minimal Citation Pressure 5 Enforcement Severity 44 Penalty Impact 7 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 14 Recent Momentum 18 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	90 employees	$29.9K
53	CA	14 citations	HazIndex 19 Minimal Citation Pressure 3 Enforcement Severity 22 Penalty Impact 3 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 9 Recent Momentum 94 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	66 employees	$20.4K
54	AS	13 citations	HazIndex 19 Minimal Citation Pressure 1 Enforcement Severity 18 Penalty Impact 12 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 1 Recent Momentum 100 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	32 employees	$35.7K
55	WA	1 citation	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	1 employee	$0

Construction Ladder and Stairway OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations

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Top entities: Full coverage 2021-2025

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