What does Excavation and Trenching OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations show?

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

Top States: Excavation and Trenching

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	TX	547 citations	HazIndex 84 Very High Citation Pressure 100 Enforcement Severity 67 Penalty Impact 100 Recurrence 96 Exposure Impact 100 Recent Momentum 33 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,409 employees	$2.5M
2	MD	406 citations	HazIndex 83 Very High Citation Pressure 98 Enforcement Severity 98 Penalty Impact 64 Recurrence 98 Exposure Impact 98 Recent Momentum 22 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,031 employees	$291.9K
3	IL	391 citations	HazIndex 76 High Citation Pressure 96 Enforcement Severity 37 Penalty Impact 94 Recurrence 100 Exposure Impact 96 Recent Momentum 32 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	789 employees	$1.1M
4	TN	313 citations	HazIndex 90 Very High Citation Pressure 94 Enforcement Severity 100 Penalty Impact 98 Recurrence 94 Exposure Impact 90 Recent Momentum 56 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	701 employees	$1.3M
5	NY	246 citations	HazIndex 68 High Citation Pressure 92 Enforcement Severity 30 Penalty Impact 73 Recurrence 66 Exposure Impact 94 Recent Momentum 58 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	755 employees	$502.3K
6	NC	245 citations	HazIndex 61 High Citation Pressure 90 Enforcement Severity 7 Penalty Impact 92 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 88 Recent Momentum 41 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	629 employees	$1.1M
7	MN	241 citations	HazIndex 58 Moderate Citation Pressure 88 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 69 Recurrence 83 Exposure Impact 84 Recent Momentum 20 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	502 employees	$381.9K
8	VA	239 citations	HazIndex 74 High Citation Pressure 86 Enforcement Severity 54 Penalty Impact 79 Recurrence 77 Exposure Impact 86 Recent Momentum 62 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	612 employees	$597.5K
9	PA	233 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 84 Enforcement Severity 45 Penalty Impact 83 Recurrence 73 Exposure Impact 81 Recent Momentum 50 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	433 employees	$618.1K
10	KY	216 citations	HazIndex 64 High Citation Pressure 83 Enforcement Severity 9 Penalty Impact 88 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 92 Recent Momentum 83 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	725 employees	$829.9K
11	OR	202 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 81 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 81 Recurrence 81 Exposure Impact 83 Recent Momentum 67 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	464 employees	$600.5K
12	OH	192 citations	HazIndex 73 High Citation Pressure 79 Enforcement Severity 62 Penalty Impact 86 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 75 Recent Momentum 39 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	341 employees	$667.2K
13	WI	184 citations	HazIndex 66 High Citation Pressure 77 Enforcement Severity 43 Penalty Impact 77 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 73 Recent Momentum 26 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	339 employees	$519.4K
14	AZ	151 citations	HazIndex 63 High Citation Pressure 75 Enforcement Severity 11 Penalty Impact 90 Recurrence 77 Exposure Impact 75 Recent Momentum 69 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	341 employees	$995K
15	OK	143 citations	HazIndex 68 High Citation Pressure 73 Enforcement Severity 69 Penalty Impact 75 Recurrence 83 Exposure Impact 69 Recent Momentum 28 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	293 employees	$517.7K
16	IN	142 citations	HazIndex 49 Moderate Citation Pressure 71 Enforcement Severity 13 Penalty Impact 56 Recurrence 66 Exposure Impact 67 Recent Momentum 11 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	274 employees	$185.1K
17	FL	136 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 69 Enforcement Severity 60 Penalty Impact 84 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 79 Recent Momentum 86 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	346 employees	$632.8K
18	CO	124 citations	HazIndex 66 High Citation Pressure 67 Enforcement Severity 73 Penalty Impact 71 Recurrence 66 Exposure Impact 71 Recent Momentum 37 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	337 employees	$429.7K
19	NV	111 citations	HazIndex 76 High Citation Pressure 66 Enforcement Severity 79 Penalty Impact 96 Recurrence 88 Exposure Impact 66 Recent Momentum 64 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	235 employees	$1.1M
20	GA	95 citations	HazIndex 63 High Citation Pressure 64 Enforcement Severity 64 Penalty Impact 67 Recurrence 73 Exposure Impact 62 Recent Momentum 43 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	178 employees	$377.9K
21	SD	76 citations	HazIndex 56 Moderate Citation Pressure 62 Enforcement Severity 52 Penalty Impact 58 Recurrence 35 Exposure Impact 58 Recent Momentum 75 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	141 employees	$194.7K
22	CT	69 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 60 Enforcement Severity 96 Penalty Impact 50 Recurrence 35 Exposure Impact 64 Recent Momentum 52 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	181 employees	$140.2K
23	MT	67 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 58 Enforcement Severity 28 Penalty Impact 45 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 50 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	107 employees	$107.1K
24	LA	65 citations	HazIndex 46 Moderate Citation Pressure 56 Enforcement Severity 32 Penalty Impact 62 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 47 Recent Momentum 16 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	97 employees	$233.6K
25	SC	62 citations	HazIndex 37 Low Citation Pressure 54 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 47 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 56 Recent Momentum 84 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	126 employees	$116.4K
26	IA	58 citations	HazIndex 53 Moderate Citation Pressure 52 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 35 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 60 Recent Momentum 96 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	156 employees	$86.1K
27	MA	57 citations	HazIndex 49 Moderate Citation Pressure 50 Enforcement Severity 66 Penalty Impact 39 Recurrence 35 Exposure Impact 52 Recent Momentum 35 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	111 employees	$96.7K
28	ND	56 citations	HazIndex 44 Moderate Citation Pressure 49 Enforcement Severity 15 Penalty Impact 37 Recurrence 66 Exposure Impact 54 Recent Momentum 47 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	123 employees	$95.2K
29	ID	55 citations	HazIndex 57 Moderate Citation Pressure 47 Enforcement Severity 49 Penalty Impact 66 Recurrence 86 Exposure Impact 49 Recent Momentum 54 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	105 employees	$333.8K
30	WY	47 citations	HazIndex 55 Moderate Citation Pressure 45 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 60 Recurrence 35 Exposure Impact 39 Recent Momentum 60 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	82 employees	$202.6K
31	MO	46 citations	HazIndex 51 Moderate Citation Pressure 43 Enforcement Severity 81 Penalty Impact 54 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 41 Recent Momentum 90 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	84 employees	$149.5K
32	AR	43 citations	HazIndex 53 Moderate Citation Pressure 41 Enforcement Severity 77 Penalty Impact 52 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 43 Recent Momentum 49 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	89 employees	$147.7K
33	AL	37 citations	HazIndex 44 Moderate Citation Pressure 39 Enforcement Severity 35 Penalty Impact 49 Recurrence 35 Exposure Impact 37 Recent Momentum 81 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	80 employees	$139.8K
34	UT	33 citations	HazIndex 36 Low Citation Pressure 37 Enforcement Severity 47 Penalty Impact 5 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 45 Recent Momentum 88 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	90 employees	$13.2K
35	DE	32 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 35 Enforcement Severity 56 Penalty Impact 28 Recurrence 35 Exposure Impact 32 Recent Momentum 77 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	53 employees	$54.7K
36	NJ	31 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 33 Enforcement Severity 58 Penalty Impact 41 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 33 Recent Momentum 24 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	70 employees	$98.7K
37	GU	30 citations	HazIndex 27 Low Citation Pressure 32 Enforcement Severity 24 Penalty Impact 43 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 35 Recent Momentum 18 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	79 employees	$106.5K
38	NE	29 citations	HazIndex 25 Low Citation Pressure 30 Enforcement Severity 22 Penalty Impact 32 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 24 Recent Momentum 30 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	44 employees	$76.1K
39	ME	25 citations	HazIndex 27 Low Citation Pressure 28 Enforcement Severity 16 Penalty Impact 33 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 26 Recent Momentum 66 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	45 employees	$84.1K
40	MS	23 citations	HazIndex 21 Low Citation Pressure 26 Enforcement Severity 18 Penalty Impact 30 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 22 Recent Momentum 13 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	37 employees	$60.9K
41	AK	22 citations	HazIndex 27 Low Citation Pressure 24 Enforcement Severity 26 Penalty Impact 22 Recurrence 35 Exposure Impact 30 Recent Momentum 9 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	50 employees	$44K
42	RI	16 citations	HazIndex 29 Low Citation Pressure 22 Enforcement Severity 41 Penalty Impact 24 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 20 Recent Momentum 71 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	33 employees	$44.3K
43	WV	15 citations	HazIndex 28 Low Citation Pressure 20 Enforcement Severity 33 Penalty Impact 26 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 13 Recent Momentum 79 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	21 employees	$48.2K
44	KS	13 citations	HazIndex 30 Low Citation Pressure 18 Enforcement Severity 75 Penalty Impact 16 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 7 Recent Momentum 45 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	15 employees	$31.3K
45	VT	11 citations	HazIndex 27 Low Citation Pressure 15 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 20 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 5 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	14 employees	$41.9K
46	NH	11 citations	HazIndex 25 Low Citation Pressure 15 Enforcement Severity 71 Penalty Impact 11 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 11 Recent Momentum 15 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	20 employees	$17.9K
47	PR	9 citations	HazIndex 35 Low Citation Pressure 13 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 9 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 15 Recent Momentum 100 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	23 employees	$16.1K
48	HI	8 citations	HazIndex 32 Low Citation Pressure 9 Enforcement Severity 50 Penalty Impact 18 Recurrence 35 Exposure Impact 16 Recent Momentum 71 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	24 employees	$33.5K
49	NM	8 citations	HazIndex 27 Low Citation Pressure 9 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 15 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 26 Recent Momentum 5 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	45 employees	$28.3K
50	DC	7 citations	HazIndex 25 Low Citation Pressure 7 Enforcement Severity 39 Penalty Impact 7 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 18 Recent Momentum 98 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	26 employees	$15.3K
51	AS	2 citations	HazIndex 29 Low Citation Pressure 1 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 13 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 1 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	5 employees	$28.3K
52	VI	2 citations	HazIndex 30 Low Citation Pressure 1 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 3 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 9 Recent Momentum 92 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	17 employees	$8.4K
53	CA	2 citations	HazIndex 17 Minimal Citation Pressure 1 Enforcement Severity 20 Penalty Impact 1 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 3 Recent Momentum 92 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	9 employees	$5.9K
54	WA	1 citation	HazIndex 3 Minimal Citation Pressure 0 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 0 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 0 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	2 employees	$0

Excavation and Trenching OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations

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