Penalty totals are one of the bluntest signals in OSHA enforcement data. They reflect the agency's assessment of how serious a violation was, whether it was willful or repeat, and — sometimes — whether a worker was killed or seriously injured. Here are the ten U.S. employers with the largest cumulative OSHA penalty assessments currently on file.
The ranking
- Revoli Construction Co., Inc — South Yarmouth, MA · $4,699,362 across 6 inspections
- Accurate Energetic Systems, Llc — Mc Ewen, TN · $3,133,900 across 2 inspections
- Thomas Builders Of Virginia, Inc. — Waynesboro, VA · $597,218 across 39 inspections
- Kraft Heinz — Muscatine, IA · $550,000 across 6 inspections
- Gage Tree Service Llc — Chugiak, AK · $516,400 across 3 inspections
- Township Of Toms River Department Of Public Works — Toms River, NJ · $418,000 across 2 inspections
- Medical Associates Clinic, P.c. — Dubuque, IA · $363,893 across 1 inspection
- Michigan Sugar Company — Bay City, MI · $357,000 across 34 inspections
- Sv Labs Prescott Corporation — Prescott, WI · $275,694 across 1 inspection
- Jobe Materials, L.p. — El Paso, TX · $264,800 across 1 inspection
How to read this list
A single inspection with a willful citation tied to a fatality can produce a penalty in the high six or seven figures — enough to put an employer at the top of a list like this on the strength of one case. Other employers reach these totals through a long history of repeat citations across dozens of locations.
When you click through to an employer page, look for:
- Whether the penalty traces to one inspection or many. One-shot cases tell a different story than systemic patterns.
- The accident column. Penalty totals correlated with worker fatalities are the most serious data on our site.
- The age of the citations. A large penalty from five years ago that's been followed by clean inspections suggests the employer has actually fixed something.
Where the data comes from
These figures are drawn from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Enforcement dataset. "Penalty" here means the initial proposed penalty — many employers settle for lower amounts during the abatement process, which is not reflected in the proposed-penalty figure.
For a broader view, our highest-penalties leaderboard lists the top 200 employers by total penalties and updates daily. For context on what each penalty type means, see our explainer on willful vs. serious vs. repeat OSHA violations.
