What does Scaffolding OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations show?

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

Top States: Scaffolding

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	2,187 citations	HazIndex 77 High Citation Pressure 100 Enforcement Severity 42 Penalty Impact 100 Recurrence 98 Exposure Impact 100 Recent Momentum 12 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	5,217 employees	$4.7M
2	MD	1,601 citations	HazIndex 87 Very High Citation Pressure 98 Enforcement Severity 100 Penalty Impact 83 Recurrence 100 Exposure Impact 98 Recent Momentum 27 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	4,128 employees	$862.6K
3	NC	1,059 citations	HazIndex 65 High Citation Pressure 96 Enforcement Severity 3 Penalty Impact 92 Recurrence 81 Exposure Impact 96 Recent Momentum 22 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,636 employees	$1.5M
4	NY	840 citations	HazIndex 79 High Citation Pressure 94 Enforcement Severity 50 Penalty Impact 98 Recurrence 94 Exposure Impact 92 Recent Momentum 42 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,947 employees	$2.2M
5	VA	820 citations	HazIndex 79 High Citation Pressure 92 Enforcement Severity 57 Penalty Impact 90 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 94 Recent Momentum 87 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	2,311 employees	$1.2M
6	FL	690 citations	HazIndex 85 Very High Citation Pressure 90 Enforcement Severity 74 Penalty Impact 96 Recurrence 90 Exposure Impact 90 Recent Momentum 77 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,800 employees	$1.7M
7	TN	607 citations	HazIndex 85 Very High Citation Pressure 88 Enforcement Severity 98 Penalty Impact 85 Recurrence 81 Exposure Impact 88 Recent Momentum 64 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,442 employees	$1M
8	IL	578 citations	HazIndex 84 Very High Citation Pressure 87 Enforcement Severity 87 Penalty Impact 94 Recurrence 96 Exposure Impact 85 Recent Momentum 53 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,288 employees	$1.5M
9	PA	481 citations	HazIndex 72 High Citation Pressure 85 Enforcement Severity 46 Penalty Impact 88 Recurrence 88 Exposure Impact 87 Recent Momentum 33 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,429 employees	$1.2M
10	GA	446 citations	HazIndex 79 High Citation Pressure 83 Enforcement Severity 64 Penalty Impact 87 Recurrence 81 Exposure Impact 81 Recent Momentum 90 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	974 employees	$1M
11	WI	364 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 81 Enforcement Severity 55 Penalty Impact 77 Recurrence 64 Exposure Impact 75 Recent Momentum 55 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	691 employees	$699.5K
12	IN	345 citations	HazIndex 48 Moderate Citation Pressure 79 Enforcement Severity 11 Penalty Impact 44 Recurrence 53 Exposure Impact 79 Recent Momentum 9 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	876 employees	$206.2K
13	LA	305 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 77 Enforcement Severity 40 Penalty Impact 81 Recurrence 75 Exposure Impact 62 Recent Momentum 16 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	550 employees	$755.3K
14	OH	299 citations	HazIndex 67 High Citation Pressure 75 Enforcement Severity 61 Penalty Impact 74 Recurrence 81 Exposure Impact 77 Recent Momentum 24 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	702 employees	$603K
15	NJ	296 citations	HazIndex 72 High Citation Pressure 74 Enforcement Severity 81 Penalty Impact 79 Recurrence 75 Exposure Impact 74 Recent Momentum 35 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	663 employees	$752.4K
16	OK	269 citations	HazIndex 67 High Citation Pressure 72 Enforcement Severity 51 Penalty Impact 72 Recurrence 74 Exposure Impact 64 Recent Momentum 74 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	554 employees	$539.9K
17	AL	261 citations	HazIndex 69 High Citation Pressure 70 Enforcement Severity 85 Penalty Impact 70 Recurrence 53 Exposure Impact 72 Recent Momentum 62 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	654 employees	$489.5K
18	KY	238 citations	HazIndex 59 Moderate Citation Pressure 68 Enforcement Severity 7 Penalty Impact 75 Recurrence 53 Exposure Impact 83 Recent Momentum 96 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	1,043 employees	$631.4K
19	MA	218 citations	HazIndex 63 High Citation Pressure 66 Enforcement Severity 59 Penalty Impact 68 Recurrence 75 Exposure Impact 66 Recent Momentum 37 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	559 employees	$405.5K
20	MN	217 citations	HazIndex 41 Moderate Citation Pressure 64 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 66 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 70 Recent Momentum 50 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	576 employees	$342K
21	SC	200 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 62 Enforcement Severity 0 Penalty Impact 50 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 55 Recent Momentum 25 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	434 employees	$227.4K
22	OR	191 citations	HazIndex 50 Moderate Citation Pressure 61 Enforcement Severity 5 Penalty Impact 57 Recurrence 70 Exposure Impact 57 Recent Momentum 61 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	455 employees	$266.8K
23	NH	178 citations	HazIndex 61 High Citation Pressure 57 Enforcement Severity 92 Penalty Impact 53 Recurrence 46 Exposure Impact 59 Recent Momentum 46 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	482 employees	$233.2K
24	PR	178 citations	HazIndex 54 Moderate Citation Pressure 57 Enforcement Severity 37 Penalty Impact 42 Recurrence 53 Exposure Impact 68 Recent Momentum 88 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	569 employees	$199.6K
25	CT	171 citations	HazIndex 62 High Citation Pressure 55 Enforcement Severity 77 Penalty Impact 64 Recurrence 64 Exposure Impact 53 Recent Momentum 51 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	407 employees	$333.7K
26	HI	159 citations	HazIndex 32 Low Citation Pressure 53 Enforcement Severity 22 Penalty Impact 31 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 51 Recent Momentum 18 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	387 employees	$151.5K
27	CO	153 citations	HazIndex 56 Moderate Citation Pressure 51 Enforcement Severity 72 Penalty Impact 61 Recurrence 46 Exposure Impact 61 Recent Momentum 40 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	542 employees	$299K
28	RI	127 citations	HazIndex 40 Moderate Citation Pressure 50 Enforcement Severity 25 Penalty Impact 35 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 35 Recent Momentum 70 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	230 employees	$171.1K
29	MS	121 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 48 Enforcement Severity 38 Penalty Impact 51 Recurrence 53 Exposure Impact 50 Recent Momentum 1 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	307 employees	$230.7K
30	MO	118 citations	HazIndex 44 Moderate Citation Pressure 46 Enforcement Severity 66 Penalty Impact 55 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 38 Recent Momentum 44 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	234 employees	$254.7K
31	MI	112 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 44 Enforcement Severity 27 Penalty Impact 5 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 48 Recent Momentum 94 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	303 employees	$31.1K
32	NV	104 citations	HazIndex 46 Moderate Citation Pressure 42 Enforcement Severity 35 Penalty Impact 59 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 40 Recent Momentum 79 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	237 employees	$292.7K
33	NE	103 citations	HazIndex 58 Moderate Citation Pressure 40 Enforcement Severity 83 Penalty Impact 62 Recurrence 92 Exposure Impact 24 Recent Momentum 31 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	173 employees	$305K
34	SD	102 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 38 Enforcement Severity 62 Penalty Impact 33 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 42 Recent Momentum 85 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence High	270 employees	$169.8K
35	MT	99 citations	HazIndex 38 Low Citation Pressure 37 Enforcement Severity 14 Penalty Impact 37 Recurrence 46 Exposure Impact 31 Recent Momentum 75 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	190 employees	$179.7K
36	DE	91 citations	HazIndex 56 Moderate Citation Pressure 35 Enforcement Severity 94 Penalty Impact 48 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 44 Recent Momentum 98 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	282 employees	$220.7K
37	ID	90 citations	HazIndex 25 Low Citation Pressure 33 Enforcement Severity 29 Penalty Impact 25 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 33 Recent Momentum 5 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	215 employees	$129.2K
38	GU	82 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 31 Enforcement Severity 20 Penalty Impact 46 Recurrence 64 Exposure Impact 46 Recent Momentum 72 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	298 employees	$208K
39	KS	70 citations	HazIndex 43 Moderate Citation Pressure 27 Enforcement Severity 79 Penalty Impact 38 Recurrence 53 Exposure Impact 29 Recent Momentum 7 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	188 employees	$186.6K
40	IA	70 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 27 Enforcement Severity 96 Penalty Impact 27 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 27 Recent Momentum 66 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	175 employees	$148.5K
41	AZ	66 citations	HazIndex 33 Low Citation Pressure 25 Enforcement Severity 9 Penalty Impact 40 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 18 Recent Momentum 92 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	137 employees	$199.2K
42	ND	63 citations	HazIndex 26 Low Citation Pressure 24 Enforcement Severity 16 Penalty Impact 14 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 16 Recent Momentum 59 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	110 employees	$85K
43	AR	59 citations	HazIndex 42 Moderate Citation Pressure 22 Enforcement Severity 88 Penalty Impact 29 Recurrence 46 Exposure Impact 37 Recent Momentum 11 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	233 employees	$150.2K
44	ME	55 citations	HazIndex 24 Low Citation Pressure 20 Enforcement Severity 18 Penalty Impact 12 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 22 Recent Momentum 83 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	166 employees	$62.5K
45	WV	52 citations	HazIndex 31 Low Citation Pressure 18 Enforcement Severity 53 Penalty Impact 24 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 7 Recent Momentum 38 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	77 employees	$123.9K
46	VT	48 citations	HazIndex 34 Low Citation Pressure 16 Enforcement Severity 70 Penalty Impact 16 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 9 Recent Momentum 57 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	81 employees	$89K
47	WY	44 citations	HazIndex 35 Low Citation Pressure 14 Enforcement Severity 90 Penalty Impact 22 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 5 Recent Momentum 20 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	74 employees	$111.9K
48	AK	43 citations	HazIndex 17 Minimal Citation Pressure 12 Enforcement Severity 44 Penalty Impact 9 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 12 Recent Momentum 0 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	106 employees	$58.1K
49	UT	35 citations	HazIndex 21 Low Citation Pressure 11 Enforcement Severity 33 Penalty Impact 1 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 20 Recent Momentum 66 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	151 employees	$13.5K
50	VI	33 citations	HazIndex 21 Low Citation Pressure 7 Enforcement Severity 48 Penalty Impact 20 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 25 Recent Momentum 14 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	174 employees	$103.4K
51	MP	33 citations	HazIndex 22 Low Citation Pressure 7 Enforcement Severity 31 Penalty Impact 18 Recurrence 29 Exposure Impact 14 Recent Momentum 29 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	107 employees	$94.4K
52	NM	26 citations	HazIndex 29 Low Citation Pressure 5 Enforcement Severity 75 Penalty Impact 7 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 11 Recent Momentum 81 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Moderate	86 employees	$40.6K
53	AS	14 citations	HazIndex 20 Low Citation Pressure 3 Enforcement Severity 24 Penalty Impact 11 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 1 Recent Momentum 100 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	35 employees	$59.8K
54	DC	11 citations	HazIndex 18 Minimal Citation Pressure 1 Enforcement Severity 68 Penalty Impact 3 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 0 Recent Momentum 3 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	24 employees	$16.3K
55	CA	10 citations	HazIndex 10 Minimal Citation Pressure 0 Enforcement Severity 12 Penalty Impact 0 Recurrence 0 Exposure Impact 3 Recent Momentum 48 Response Delay 50 Data Confidence Low	50 employees	$10.8K

Scaffolding OSHA Violations - Top States by OSHA Citations

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Top entities: Full coverage 2021-2025

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