What does Machine Guarding OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations show?

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

Top States: Machine Guarding

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	NC	689 citations	HazIndex 68 High Citation Pressure 100 Enforcement Severity 1 Penalty Impact 100 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 92 Recent Momentum 26 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,497 employees	$3M
2	TN	572 citations	HazIndex 84 Very High Citation Pressure 98 Enforcement Severity 98 Penalty Impact 86 Recurrence 96 Exposure Impact 67 Recent Momentum 33 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,433 employees	$1.2M
3	MN	525 citations	HazIndex 68 High Citation Pressure 96 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 77 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 66 Recent Momentum 94 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,397 employees	$939.1K
4	WI	500 citations	HazIndex 82 Very High Citation Pressure 94 Enforcement Severity 79 Penalty Impact 98 Recurrence 83 Exposure Impact 84 Recent Momentum 49 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,916 employees	$2.4M
5	PA	465 citations	HazIndex 83 Very High Citation Pressure 92 Enforcement Severity 66 Penalty Impact 94 Recurrence 83 Exposure Impact 90 Recent Momentum 81 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,289 employees	$1.9M
6	TX	436 citations	HazIndex 82 Very High Citation Pressure 90 Enforcement Severity 77 Penalty Impact 96 Recurrence 94 Exposure Impact 83 Recent Momentum 45 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,909 employees	$2.1M
7	IL	415 citations	HazIndex 70 High Citation Pressure 88 Enforcement Severity 16 Penalty Impact 88 Recurrence 77 Exposure Impact 86 Recent Momentum 83 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,964 employees	$1.2M
8	NY	369 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 86 Enforcement Severity 28 Penalty Impact 84 Recurrence 83 Exposure Impact 79 Recent Momentum 62 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,761 employees	$1.1M
9	OH	337 citations	HazIndex 77 High Citation Pressure 84 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 90 Recurrence 79 Exposure Impact 77 Recent Momentum 37 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,507 employees	$1.8M
10	IN	325 citations	HazIndex 56 Moderate Citation Pressure 83 Enforcement Severity 22 Penalty Impact 67 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 71 Recent Momentum 30 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,339 employees	$817.5K
11	VA	297 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 81 Enforcement Severity 47 Penalty Impact 64 Recurrence 58 Exposure Impact 64 Recent Momentum 50 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,212 employees	$736.9K
12	KY	282 citations	HazIndex 67 High Citation Pressure 79 Enforcement Severity 3 Penalty Impact 92 Recurrence 98 Exposure Impact 98 Recent Momentum 56 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,311 employees	$1.9M
13	CT	281 citations	HazIndex 60 High Citation Pressure 77 Enforcement Severity 56 Penalty Impact 62 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 73 Recent Momentum 58 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,352 employees	$562.4K
14	NV	280 citations	HazIndex 70 High Citation Pressure 75 Enforcement Severity 58 Penalty Impact 83 Recurrence 79 Exposure Impact 54 Recent Momentum 71 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	829 employees	$1.1M
15	MD	266 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 73 Enforcement Severity 100 Penalty Impact 41 Recurrence 58 Exposure Impact 81 Recent Momentum 47 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,795 employees	$253.6K
16	IA	257 citations	HazIndex 67 High Citation Pressure 71 Enforcement Severity 88 Penalty Impact 79 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 96 Recent Momentum 69 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,740 employees	$1M
17	OR	242 citations	HazIndex 55 Moderate Citation Pressure 69 Enforcement Severity 5 Penalty Impact 43 Recurrence 88 Exposure Impact 75 Recent Momentum 64 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,407 employees	$283.9K
18	FL	218 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 67 Enforcement Severity 41 Penalty Impact 71 Recurrence 67 Exposure Impact 56 Recent Momentum 75 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	848 employees	$834.8K
19	UT	191 citations	HazIndex 51 Moderate Citation Pressure 66 Enforcement Severity 75 Penalty Impact 22 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 58 Recent Momentum 79 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	960 employees	$97.2K
20	CO	187 citations	HazIndex 56 Moderate Citation Pressure 64 Enforcement Severity 33 Penalty Impact 69 Recurrence 67 Exposure Impact 88 Recent Momentum 15 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,039 employees	$830.1K
21	NJ	184 citations	HazIndex 65 High Citation Pressure 62 Enforcement Severity 81 Penalty Impact 73 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 94 Recent Momentum 60 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,555 employees	$862.4K
22	KS	179 citations	HazIndex 50 Moderate Citation Pressure 60 Enforcement Severity 35 Penalty Impact 66 Recurrence 58 Exposure Impact 49 Recent Momentum 16 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	568 employees	$767.4K
23	GA	175 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 58 Enforcement Severity 62 Penalty Impact 75 Recurrence 73 Exposure Impact 60 Recent Momentum 39 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	991 employees	$868.1K
24	AL	173 citations	HazIndex 55 Moderate Citation Pressure 56 Enforcement Severity 60 Penalty Impact 81 Recurrence 58 Exposure Impact 43 Recent Momentum 11 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	530 employees	$1M
25	AZ	167 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 54 Enforcement Severity 9 Penalty Impact 60 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 41 Recent Momentum 35 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	428 employees	$550K
26	MA	139 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 52 Enforcement Severity 69 Penalty Impact 58 Recurrence 58 Exposure Impact 69 Recent Momentum 73 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,474 employees	$508.2K
27	SC	121 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 50 Enforcement Severity 5 Penalty Impact 37 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 62 Recent Momentum 43 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,004 employees	$235.8K
28	CA	109 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 49 Enforcement Severity 30 Penalty Impact 13 Recurrence 100 Exposure Impact 35 Recent Momentum 9 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	397 employees	$77.9K
29	SD	99 citations	HazIndex 48 Moderate Citation Pressure 47 Enforcement Severity 37 Penalty Impact 56 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 49 Recent Momentum 88 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	568 employees	$502.8K
30	HI	83 citations	HazIndex 39 Low Citation Pressure 45 Enforcement Severity 24 Penalty Impact 35 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 52 Recent Momentum 18 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	672 employees	$228.7K
31	RI	82 citations	HazIndex 55 Moderate Citation Pressure 43 Enforcement Severity 50 Penalty Impact 47 Recurrence 67 Exposure Impact 47 Recent Momentum 90 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	566 employees	$340.4K
32	MT	77 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 41 Enforcement Severity 26 Penalty Impact 32 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 43 Recent Momentum 13 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	530 employees	$193.5K
33	OK	75 citations	HazIndex 53 Moderate Citation Pressure 39 Enforcement Severity 86 Penalty Impact 54 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 28 Recent Momentum 86 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	255 employees	$426.7K
34	MO	71 citations	HazIndex 47 Moderate Citation Pressure 37 Enforcement Severity 73 Penalty Impact 49 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 37 Recent Momentum 54 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	410 employees	$347.1K
35	WV	67 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 33 Enforcement Severity 67 Penalty Impact 52 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 20 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	126 employees	$375K
36	LA	67 citations	HazIndex 38 Low Citation Pressure 33 Enforcement Severity 54 Penalty Impact 45 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 26 Recent Momentum 24 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	206 employees	$290.8K
37	NE	57 citations	HazIndex 50 Moderate Citation Pressure 32 Enforcement Severity 90 Penalty Impact 50 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 24 Recent Momentum 77 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	159 employees	$360.3K
38	MS	52 citations	HazIndex 28 Low Citation Pressure 28 Enforcement Severity 20 Penalty Impact 33 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 22 Recent Momentum 64 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	154 employees	$193.9K
39	ME	52 citations	HazIndex 20 Low Citation Pressure 28 Enforcement Severity 11 Penalty Impact 15 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 33 Recent Momentum 28 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	362 employees	$78.8K
40	AK	48 citations	HazIndex 37 Low Citation Pressure 26 Enforcement Severity 32 Penalty Impact 26 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 100 Recent Momentum 32 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	5,612 employees	$113.9K
41	PR	42 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 24 Enforcement Severity 52 Penalty Impact 7 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 32 Recent Momentum 52 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	302 employees	$66.3K
42	NH	32 citations	HazIndex 25 Low Citation Pressure 22 Enforcement Severity 39 Penalty Impact 16 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 39 Recent Momentum 20 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	421 employees	$80.7K
43	GU	27 citations	HazIndex 29 Low Citation Pressure 20 Enforcement Severity 13 Penalty Impact 39 Recurrence 73 Exposure Impact 15 Recent Momentum 5 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	86 employees	$247.3K
44	ND	23 citations	HazIndex 25 Low Citation Pressure 18 Enforcement Severity 49 Penalty Impact 18 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 9 Recent Momentum 41 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	59 employees	$88.5K
45	NM	22 citations	HazIndex 35 Low Citation Pressure 16 Enforcement Severity 64 Penalty Impact 24 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 30 Recent Momentum 84 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	263 employees	$101.9K
46	ID	20 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 13 Enforcement Severity 43 Penalty Impact 30 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 16 Recent Momentum 98 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	99 employees	$125.3K
47	VT	20 citations	HazIndex 35 Low Citation Pressure 13 Enforcement Severity 71 Penalty Impact 20 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 11 Recent Momentum 64 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	74 employees	$91.5K
48	AR	18 citations	HazIndex 32 Low Citation Pressure 11 Enforcement Severity 92 Penalty Impact 28 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 18 Recent Momentum 22 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	110 employees	$117.2K
49	DE	15 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 7 Enforcement Severity 84 Penalty Impact 11 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 13 Recent Momentum 98 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	84 employees	$76.8K
50	WA	15 citations	HazIndex 24 Low Citation Pressure 7 Enforcement Severity 43 Penalty Impact 5 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 5 Recent Momentum 96 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	51 employees	$28.1K
51	WY	8 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 5 Enforcement Severity 92 Penalty Impact 9 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 5 Recent Momentum 92 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	51 employees	$73.6K
52	MP	3 citations	HazIndex 7 Minimal Citation Pressure 3 Enforcement Severity 15 Penalty Impact 1 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 3 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	5 employees	$7.1K
53	AS	2 citations	HazIndex 11 Minimal Citation Pressure 0 Enforcement Severity 18 Penalty Impact 3 Recurrence 26 Exposure Impact 1 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	4 employees	$18.9K
54	VI	2 citations	HazIndex 21 Low Citation Pressure 0 Enforcement Severity 92 Penalty Impact 0 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 0 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	2 employees	$6.9K

Machine Guarding OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations

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Top entities: Full coverage 2021-2025

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