What does Hazard Communication OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations show?

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

Top States: Hazard Communication

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	4,089 citations	HazIndex 91 Very High Citation Pressure 100 Enforcement Severity 96 Penalty Impact 85 Recurrence 100 Exposure Impact 98 Recent Momentum 65 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	37,704 employees	$1.1M
2	TN	3,280 citations	HazIndex 82 Very High Citation Pressure 98 Enforcement Severity 92 Penalty Impact 70 Recurrence 94 Exposure Impact 85 Recent Momentum 34 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	18,709 employees	$729.9K
3	MI	2,244 citations	HazIndex 78 High Citation Pressure 96 Enforcement Severity 47 Penalty Impact 81 Recurrence 96 Exposure Impact 100 Recent Momentum 54 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	77,609 employees	$856.2K
4	OR	1,958 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 94 Enforcement Severity 5 Penalty Impact 52 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 92 Recent Momentum 70 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	27,343 employees	$422.9K
5	IL	1,788 citations	HazIndex 75 High Citation Pressure 92 Enforcement Severity 30 Penalty Impact 90 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 89 Recent Momentum 69 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	20,633 employees	$1.3M
6	NC	1,753 citations	HazIndex 60 High Citation Pressure 90 Enforcement Severity 7 Penalty Impact 65 Recurrence 85 Exposure Impact 87 Recent Momentum 16 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	18,839 employees	$637.2K
7	NY	1,672 citations	HazIndex 75 High Citation Pressure 89 Enforcement Severity 60 Penalty Impact 89 Recurrence 54 Exposure Impact 96 Recent Momentum 67 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	34,378 employees	$1.2M
8	VA	1,612 citations	HazIndex 78 High Citation Pressure 87 Enforcement Severity 63 Penalty Impact 80 Recurrence 81 Exposure Impact 83 Recent Momentum 83 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	18,198 employees	$836.1K
9	CT	1,580 citations	HazIndex 75 High Citation Pressure 85 Enforcement Severity 94 Penalty Impact 56 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 90 Recent Momentum 87 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	23,604 employees	$469.5K
10	MN	1,245 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 83 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 67 Recurrence 76 Exposure Impact 78 Recent Momentum 96 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	13,884 employees	$676.9K
11	PA	1,219 citations	HazIndex 78 High Citation Pressure 81 Enforcement Severity 58 Penalty Impact 98 Recurrence 92 Exposure Impact 94 Recent Momentum 56 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	33,519 employees	$1.8M
12	OH	1,099 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 80 Enforcement Severity 50 Penalty Impact 87 Recurrence 76 Exposure Impact 80 Recent Momentum 41 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	14,131 employees	$1.2M
13	TX	1,000 citations	HazIndex 74 High Citation Pressure 78 Enforcement Severity 65 Penalty Impact 96 Recurrence 74 Exposure Impact 74 Recent Momentum 52 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	10,970 employees	$1.7M
14	KS	909 citations	HazIndex 79 High Citation Pressure 76 Enforcement Severity 69 Penalty Impact 94 Recurrence 98 Exposure Impact 61 Recent Momentum 85 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,353 employees	$1.5M
15	NJ	824 citations	HazIndex 72 High Citation Pressure 74 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 92 Recurrence 54 Exposure Impact 81 Recent Momentum 38 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	17,837 employees	$1.5M
16	WI	801 citations	HazIndex 74 High Citation Pressure 72 Enforcement Severity 67 Penalty Impact 83 Recurrence 81 Exposure Impact 70 Recent Momentum 78 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	9,900 employees	$994.7K
17	AZ	793 citations	HazIndex 54 Moderate Citation Pressure 70 Enforcement Severity 18 Penalty Impact 74 Recurrence 60 Exposure Impact 60 Recent Momentum 40 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,088 employees	$753.3K
18	GA	720 citations	HazIndex 61 High Citation Pressure 69 Enforcement Severity 41 Penalty Impact 78 Recurrence 89 Exposure Impact 63 Recent Momentum 14 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	6,110 employees	$812.9K
19	FL	706 citations	HazIndex 58 Moderate Citation Pressure 67 Enforcement Severity 40 Penalty Impact 60 Recurrence 49 Exposure Impact 58 Recent Momentum 81 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,876 employees	$546K
20	PR	615 citations	HazIndex 65 High Citation Pressure 65 Enforcement Severity 90 Penalty Impact 61 Recurrence 25 Exposure Impact 56 Recent Momentum 92 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,411 employees	$577.5K
21	CO	607 citations	HazIndex 59 Moderate Citation Pressure 63 Enforcement Severity 49 Penalty Impact 76 Recurrence 76 Exposure Impact 72 Recent Momentum 9 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	10,246 employees	$796.7K
22	NV	599 citations	HazIndex 71 High Citation Pressure 61 Enforcement Severity 78 Penalty Impact 100 Recurrence 67 Exposure Impact 49 Recent Momentum 74 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,954 employees	$2.3M
23	DE	530 citations	HazIndex 63 High Citation Pressure 60 Enforcement Severity 98 Penalty Impact 72 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 38 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,533 employees	$748.2K
24	AL	494 citations	HazIndex 47 Moderate Citation Pressure 58 Enforcement Severity 20 Penalty Impact 40 Recurrence 65 Exposure Impact 50 Recent Momentum 49 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,967 employees	$204.5K
25	HI	486 citations	HazIndex 46 Moderate Citation Pressure 56 Enforcement Severity 32 Penalty Impact 45 Recurrence 60 Exposure Impact 54 Recent Momentum 12 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,283 employees	$286.5K
26	MA	484 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 54 Enforcement Severity 74 Penalty Impact 58 Recurrence 49 Exposure Impact 67 Recent Momentum 76 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	7,433 employees	$543.1K
27	AK	472 citations	HazIndex 55 Moderate Citation Pressure 52 Enforcement Severity 80 Penalty Impact 47 Recurrence 58 Exposure Impact 69 Recent Momentum 1 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	8,311 employees	$335.7K
28	SC	394 citations	HazIndex 29 Low Citation Pressure 50 Enforcement Severity 10 Penalty Impact 30 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 45 Recent Momentum 20 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,364 employees	$101.1K
29	ME	371 citations	HazIndex 52 Moderate Citation Pressure 49 Enforcement Severity 56 Penalty Impact 63 Recurrence 52 Exposure Impact 65 Recent Momentum 21 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	6,296 employees	$607.5K
30	MO	337 citations	HazIndex 61 High Citation Pressure 47 Enforcement Severity 76 Penalty Impact 69 Recurrence 60 Exposure Impact 41 Recent Momentum 80 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,955 employees	$684.8K
31	KY	307 citations	HazIndex 45 Moderate Citation Pressure 45 Enforcement Severity 14 Penalty Impact 54 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 76 Recent Momentum 60 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	12,645 employees	$443.1K
32	CA	272 citations	HazIndex 41 Moderate Citation Pressure 43 Enforcement Severity 23 Penalty Impact 29 Recurrence 85 Exposure Impact 34 Recent Momentum 23 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,159 employees	$100.2K
33	IA	248 citations	HazIndex 51 Moderate Citation Pressure 41 Enforcement Severity 100 Penalty Impact 50 Recurrence 25 Exposure Impact 52 Recent Momentum 10 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,145 employees	$379.3K
34	NE	246 citations	HazIndex 41 Moderate Citation Pressure 40 Enforcement Severity 43 Penalty Impact 41 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 27 Recent Momentum 43 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,625 employees	$258.2K
35	MS	221 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 38 Enforcement Severity 21 Penalty Impact 32 Recurrence 34 Exposure Impact 32 Recent Momentum 30 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,113 employees	$108.4K
36	UT	205 citations	HazIndex 39 Low Citation Pressure 36 Enforcement Severity 52 Penalty Impact 12 Recurrence 25 Exposure Impact 47 Recent Momentum 63 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,836 employees	$36.4K
37	NM	191 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 32 Enforcement Severity 85 Penalty Impact 49 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 25 Recent Momentum 45 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,535 employees	$339.9K
38	RI	191 citations	HazIndex 48 Moderate Citation Pressure 32 Enforcement Severity 61 Penalty Impact 43 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 36 Recent Momentum 89 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,288 employees	$270.1K
39	IN	190 citations	HazIndex 32 Low Citation Pressure 30 Enforcement Severity 27 Penalty Impact 25 Recurrence 25 Exposure Impact 43 Recent Momentum 47 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,094 employees	$97.6K
40	VT	156 citations	HazIndex 41 Moderate Citation Pressure 29 Enforcement Severity 36 Penalty Impact 36 Recurrence 34 Exposure Impact 40 Recent Momentum 90 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,558 employees	$149.2K
41	SD	106 citations	HazIndex 35 Low Citation Pressure 27 Enforcement Severity 45 Penalty Impact 34 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 20 Recent Momentum 98 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	784 employees	$126.2K
42	ID	103 citations	HazIndex 35 Low Citation Pressure 25 Enforcement Severity 72 Penalty Impact 21 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 21 Recent Momentum 61 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	811 employees	$79.6K
43	GU	98 citations	HazIndex 22 Low Citation Pressure 23 Enforcement Severity 12 Penalty Impact 10 Recurrence 40 Exposure Impact 29 Recent Momentum 3 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	1,688 employees	$24.9K
44	OK	94 citations	HazIndex 32 Low Citation Pressure 21 Enforcement Severity 70 Penalty Impact 38 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 23 Recent Momentum 18 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	980 employees	$161.9K
45	WA	82 citations	HazIndex 25 Low Citation Pressure 20 Enforcement Severity 16 Penalty Impact 3 Recurrence 67 Exposure Impact 30 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	1,774 employees	$6.6K
46	WV	79 citations	HazIndex 21 Low Citation Pressure 18 Enforcement Severity 29 Penalty Impact 16 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 16 Recent Momentum 36 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	769 employees	$52.5K
47	MT	72 citations	HazIndex 12 Minimal Citation Pressure 16 Enforcement Severity 9 Penalty Impact 5 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 18 Recent Momentum 5 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	778 employees	$11.2K
48	VI	51 citations	HazIndex 18 Minimal Citation Pressure 14 Enforcement Severity 38 Penalty Impact 7 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 7 Recent Momentum 25 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	289 employees	$21.1K
49	NH	50 citations	HazIndex 31 Low Citation Pressure 12 Enforcement Severity 89 Penalty Impact 20 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 14 Recent Momentum 32 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	644 employees	$59.1K
50	DC	49 citations	HazIndex 21 Low Citation Pressure 10 Enforcement Severity 34 Penalty Impact 14 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 12 Recent Momentum 58 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	578 employees	$39.5K
51	AR	44 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 9 Enforcement Severity 81 Penalty Impact 23 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 10 Recent Momentum 72 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	570 employees	$93.6K
52	WY	43 citations	HazIndex 36 Low Citation Pressure 7 Enforcement Severity 87 Penalty Impact 27 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 7 Recent Momentum 94 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	289 employees	$98.1K
53	LA	34 citations	HazIndex 21 Low Citation Pressure 5 Enforcement Severity 54 Penalty Impact 18 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 5 Recent Momentum 29 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	193 employees	$53.5K
54	ND	29 citations	HazIndex 13 Minimal Citation Pressure 3 Enforcement Severity 25 Penalty Impact 9 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 1 Recent Momentum 27 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	103 employees	$22.9K
55	AS	28 citations	HazIndex 17 Minimal Citation Pressure 1 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 1 Recurrence 25 Exposure Impact 3 Recent Momentum 100 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	117 employees	$4K
56	MP	24 citations	HazIndex 13 Minimal Citation Pressure 0 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 0 Recurrence 34 Exposure Impact 0 Recent Momentum 50 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	91 employees	$726

Hazard Communication OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations

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Top entities: Full coverage 2021-2025

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