What does Respiratory 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: Respiratory 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	IL	2,356 citations	HazIndex 71 High Citation Pressure 100 Enforcement Severity 21 Penalty Impact 94 Recurrence 98 Exposure Impact 98 Recent Momentum 5 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	42,215 employees	$1.2M
2	TN	1,366 citations	HazIndex 84 Very High Citation Pressure 98 Enforcement Severity 100 Penalty Impact 80 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 78 Recent Momentum 32 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,995 employees	$544.5K
3	NY	1,354 citations	HazIndex 83 Very High Citation Pressure 96 Enforcement Severity 50 Penalty Impact 92 Recurrence 100 Exposure Impact 100 Recent Momentum 74 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	103,151 employees	$1.1M
4	MI	1,347 citations	HazIndex 81 Very High Citation Pressure 94 Enforcement Severity 72 Penalty Impact 83 Recurrence 94 Exposure Impact 94 Recent Momentum 41 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	14,980 employees	$574.2K
5	OR	1,187 citations	HazIndex 59 Moderate Citation Pressure 92 Enforcement Severity 5 Penalty Impact 63 Recurrence 43 Exposure Impact 87 Recent Momentum 69 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	9,788 employees	$337.8K
6	PA	1,170 citations	HazIndex 79 High Citation Pressure 90 Enforcement Severity 52 Penalty Impact 96 Recurrence 96 Exposure Impact 90 Recent Momentum 49 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	12,550 employees	$1.5M
7	TX	1,007 citations	HazIndex 78 High Citation Pressure 89 Enforcement Severity 63 Penalty Impact 100 Recurrence 92 Exposure Impact 92 Recent Momentum 21 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	13,641 employees	$2M
8	VA	980 citations	HazIndex 74 High Citation Pressure 87 Enforcement Severity 56 Penalty Impact 78 Recurrence 65 Exposure Impact 81 Recent Momentum 83 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,617 employees	$475.5K
9	NC	920 citations	HazIndex 59 Moderate Citation Pressure 85 Enforcement Severity 7 Penalty Impact 70 Recurrence 76 Exposure Impact 85 Recent Momentum 34 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	6,802 employees	$406K
10	OH	838 citations	HazIndex 70 High Citation Pressure 83 Enforcement Severity 36 Penalty Impact 87 Recurrence 83 Exposure Impact 83 Recent Momentum 54 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,934 employees	$749.3K
11	MD	694 citations	HazIndex 67 High Citation Pressure 81 Enforcement Severity 89 Penalty Impact 10 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 96 Recent Momentum 70 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	15,160 employees	$40.3K
12	WI	670 citations	HazIndex 76 High Citation Pressure 80 Enforcement Severity 70 Penalty Impact 89 Recurrence 87 Exposure Impact 67 Recent Momentum 60 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,047 employees	$786.5K
13	CT	663 citations	HazIndex 73 High Citation Pressure 78 Enforcement Severity 92 Penalty Impact 69 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 89 Recent Momentum 23 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	11,890 employees	$405.3K
14	FL	655 citations	HazIndex 65 High Citation Pressure 76 Enforcement Severity 30 Penalty Impact 72 Recurrence 65 Exposure Impact 70 Recent Momentum 92 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,380 employees	$412K
15	NV	598 citations	HazIndex 75 High Citation Pressure 74 Enforcement Severity 69 Penalty Impact 98 Recurrence 80 Exposure Impact 58 Recent Momentum 72 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,498 employees	$2M
16	NJ	580 citations	HazIndex 66 High Citation Pressure 72 Enforcement Severity 54 Penalty Impact 90 Recurrence 56 Exposure Impact 76 Recent Momentum 43 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,875 employees	$953K
17	CO	523 citations	HazIndex 65 High Citation Pressure 70 Enforcement Severity 41 Penalty Impact 85 Recurrence 80 Exposure Impact 74 Recent Momentum 40 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,515 employees	$674.2K
18	MN	507 citations	HazIndex 57 Moderate Citation Pressure 69 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 61 Recurrence 87 Exposure Impact 50 Recent Momentum 100 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,916 employees	$324.9K
19	GA	461 citations	HazIndex 60 High Citation Pressure 67 Enforcement Severity 25 Penalty Impact 76 Recurrence 85 Exposure Impact 52 Recent Momentum 58 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,972 employees	$461.5K
20	AZ	452 citations	HazIndex 53 Moderate Citation Pressure 65 Enforcement Severity 12 Penalty Impact 67 Recurrence 43 Exposure Impact 56 Recent Momentum 90 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,139 employees	$366.8K
21	MA	428 citations	HazIndex 63 High Citation Pressure 63 Enforcement Severity 60 Penalty Impact 81 Recurrence 69 Exposure Impact 72 Recent Momentum 25 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,893 employees	$571K
22	ME	362 citations	HazIndex 56 Moderate Citation Pressure 61 Enforcement Severity 23 Penalty Impact 58 Recurrence 60 Exposure Impact 80 Recent Momentum 80 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,219 employees	$322.8K
23	AL	283 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 60 Enforcement Severity 16 Penalty Impact 27 Recurrence 60 Exposure Impact 40 Recent Momentum 38 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	928 employees	$100.1K
24	HI	251 citations	HazIndex 59 Moderate Citation Pressure 58 Enforcement Severity 49 Penalty Impact 54 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 49 Recent Momentum 85 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,803 employees	$254.7K
25	KY	250 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 56 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 50 Recurrence 32 Exposure Impact 61 Recent Momentum 65 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,746 employees	$247.1K
26	KS	231 citations	HazIndex 58 Moderate Citation Pressure 54 Enforcement Severity 76 Penalty Impact 74 Recurrence 43 Exposure Impact 36 Recent Momentum 52 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	851 employees	$457.5K
27	UT	230 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 52 Enforcement Severity 45 Penalty Impact 18 Recurrence 36 Exposure Impact 47 Recent Momentum 50 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,648 employees	$54.3K
28	CA	199 citations	HazIndex 44 Moderate Citation Pressure 50 Enforcement Severity 18 Penalty Impact 29 Recurrence 78 Exposure Impact 38 Recent Momentum 56 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	894 employees	$103.7K
29	MO	198 citations	HazIndex 48 Moderate Citation Pressure 47 Enforcement Severity 65 Penalty Impact 56 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 41 Recent Momentum 78 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,001 employees	$304.2K
30	PR	198 citations	HazIndex 54 Moderate Citation Pressure 47 Enforcement Severity 81 Penalty Impact 52 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 63 Recent Momentum 87 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,903 employees	$249.8K
31	NM	197 citations	HazIndex 52 Moderate Citation Pressure 43 Enforcement Severity 87 Penalty Impact 65 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 69 Recent Momentum 45 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,106 employees	$340.1K
32	IN	197 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 43 Enforcement Severity 27 Penalty Impact 20 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 65 Recent Momentum 45 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	3,030 employees	$77.9K
33	SC	194 citations	HazIndex 24 Low Citation Pressure 41 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 21 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 43 Recent Momentum 30 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,135 employees	$83.2K
34	RI	186 citations	HazIndex 56 Moderate Citation Pressure 40 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 45 Recurrence 36 Exposure Impact 54 Recent Momentum 89 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,005 employees	$209K
35	AK	176 citations	HazIndex 51 Moderate Citation Pressure 38 Enforcement Severity 74 Penalty Impact 49 Recurrence 60 Exposure Impact 60 Recent Momentum 12 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,739 employees	$219.6K
36	IA	165 citations	HazIndex 55 Moderate Citation Pressure 36 Enforcement Severity 85 Penalty Impact 60 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 45 Recent Momentum 18 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,441 employees	$324.2K
37	MS	142 citations	HazIndex 37 Low Citation Pressure 34 Enforcement Severity 29 Penalty Impact 40 Recurrence 32 Exposure Impact 30 Recent Momentum 63 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	600 employees	$151.1K
38	NH	123 citations	HazIndex 40 Moderate Citation Pressure 32 Enforcement Severity 90 Penalty Impact 36 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 25 Recent Momentum 27 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	495 employees	$115.8K
39	SD	115 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 30 Enforcement Severity 47 Penalty Impact 30 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 20 Recent Momentum 81 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	321 employees	$110.2K
40	ID	111 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 29 Enforcement Severity 96 Penalty Impact 38 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 34 Recent Momentum 36 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	754 employees	$146.2K
41	OK	104 citations	HazIndex 41 Moderate Citation Pressure 27 Enforcement Severity 80 Penalty Impact 43 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 27 Recent Momentum 61 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	498 employees	$196.5K
42	NE	90 citations	HazIndex 39 Low Citation Pressure 25 Enforcement Severity 61 Penalty Impact 47 Recurrence 36 Exposure Impact 32 Recent Momentum 20 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	622 employees	$210.8K
43	AR	82 citations	HazIndex 37 Low Citation Pressure 23 Enforcement Severity 58 Penalty Impact 41 Recurrence 50 Exposure Impact 23 Recent Momentum 10 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	453 employees	$163.1K
44	GU	81 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 21 Enforcement Severity 32 Penalty Impact 32 Recurrence 36 Exposure Impact 18 Recent Momentum 76 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	231 employees	$111.9K
45	VT	77 citations	HazIndex 31 Low Citation Pressure 20 Enforcement Severity 38 Penalty Impact 25 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 29 Recent Momentum 94 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	558 employees	$93.2K
46	WV	67 citations	HazIndex 31 Low Citation Pressure 18 Enforcement Severity 43 Penalty Impact 34 Recurrence 56 Exposure Impact 14 Recent Momentum 3 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	143 employees	$113.2K
47	LA	60 citations	HazIndex 26 Low Citation Pressure 16 Enforcement Severity 67 Penalty Impact 23 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 21 Recent Momentum 1 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	450 employees	$86.5K
48	MT	45 citations	HazIndex 15 Minimal Citation Pressure 14 Enforcement Severity 14 Penalty Impact 9 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 16 Recent Momentum 29 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	208 employees	$34.1K
49	DE	26 citations	HazIndex 26 Low Citation Pressure 12 Enforcement Severity 78 Penalty Impact 16 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 10 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	98 employees	$50.8K
50	MP	25 citations	HazIndex 27 Low Citation Pressure 10 Enforcement Severity 20 Penalty Impact 7 Recurrence 43 Exposure Impact 3 Recent Momentum 98 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	37 employees	$20.4K
51	ND	20 citations	HazIndex 16 Minimal Citation Pressure 9 Enforcement Severity 34 Penalty Impact 14 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 5 Recent Momentum 16 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	44 employees	$44.7K
52	WY	18 citations	HazIndex 37 Low Citation Pressure 7 Enforcement Severity 98 Penalty Impact 12 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 12 Recent Momentum 96 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	130 employees	$42.8K
53	DC	16 citations	HazIndex 13 Minimal Citation Pressure 5 Enforcement Severity 9 Penalty Impact 1 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 9 Recent Momentum 65 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	92 employees	$2.6K
54	VI	13 citations	HazIndex 25 Low Citation Pressure 3 Enforcement Severity 94 Penalty Impact 5 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 7 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	66 employees	$9.3K
55	WA	10 citations	HazIndex 5 Minimal Citation Pressure 1 Enforcement Severity 10 Penalty Impact 0 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 1 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	19 employees	$1.7K
56	AS	9 citations	HazIndex 13 Minimal Citation Pressure 0 Enforcement Severity 40 Penalty Impact 3 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 0 Recent Momentum 14 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	11 employees	$9.2K

Respiratory Protection OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations

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Top entities: Full coverage 2021-2025

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