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OSHA citations in Elementary and Secondary Schools: 1,486 establishments, $6,191,655 in penalties (2021 to 2026)
OSHA cited 1,486 establishments in Elementary and Secondary Schools (NAICS 6111) between November 15, 2021 and September 23, 2026: 5,824 citations, $8,123,366 in initial penalties and $6,191,655 in current penalties.
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- Industry
- NAICS 6111, Elementary and Secondary Schools
- Establishments cited
- 1,486
- Citations
- 5,824
- Penalties
- $8,123,366 initial, $6,191,655 current
By state
| State | Establishments | Citations | Current penalties |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 111 | 663 | $2,233,420 |
| Puerto Rico | 122 | 395 | $1,139,872 |
| California | 191 | 449 | $966,745 |
| Washington | 78 | 276 | $313,727 |
| Iowa | 15 | 49 | $279,917 |
| Minnesota | 83 | 205 | $237,325 |
| Oregon | 49 | 135 | $210,768 |
| Kentucky | 15 | 33 | $127,375 |
| Hawaii | 33 | 108 | $86,322 |
| Michigan | 27 | 69 | $83,600 |
| Connecticut | 86 | 661 | $68,458 |
| Virginia | 36 | 159 | $52,249 |
| North Carolina | 16 | 72 | $47,840 |
| New Mexico | 3 | 9 | $41,424 |
| Arizona | 13 | 65 | $41,255 |
| Nevada | 3 | 7 | $33,235 |
| Florida | 1 | 2 | $32,817 |
| Maine | 44 | 225 | $30,702 |
| Texas | 2 | 6 | $30,621 |
| Alaska | 3 | 6 | $24,215 |
| New York | 128 | 702 | $22,564 |
| Maryland | 12 | 93 | $21,925 |
| Colorado | 1 | 4 | $14,000 |
| Delaware | 1 | 2 | $13,125 |
| Wisconsin | 2 | 5 | $8,245 |
| Rhode Island | 1 | 1 | $7,252 |
| Indiana | 7 | 12 | $6,600 |
| Illinois | 13 | 25 | $5,647 |
| Vermont | 3 | 5 | $5,112 |
| Ohio | 2 | 4 | $4,000 |
| Massachusetts | 119 | 418 | $1,000 |
| Tennessee | 240 | 854 | $200 |
| Utah | 11 | 26 | $100 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 15 | 79 | $0 |
Most penalized establishments
Ranked by current penalties. Each row links to OSHA's record of its latest cited inspection.
| Establishment | City | State | Citations | Initial penalties | Current penalties | Latest citation | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Hunterdon High School | Allendale | NJ | 18 | $102,600 | $102,600 | April 2, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Kittatinny Regional High School | Newton | NJ | 17 | $96,300 | $96,300 | August 7, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Mount Olive Township School District | Flanders | NJ | 15 | $92,000 | $92,000 | July 28, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De | Toa Baja | PR | 4 | $87,093 | $87,093 | September 10, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Hackettstown Public Schools | Hackettstown | NJ | 13 | $79,000 | $79,000 | May 31, 2024 | osha.gov |
| De | Guaynabo | PR | 7 | $78,500 | $78,500 | February 23, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Township of Winslow School District | Sicklerville | NJ | 16 | $76,000 | $76,000 | July 31, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Allamuchy Township School | Allamuchy | NJ | 17 | $74,700 | $74,700 | October 30, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Borough of Pitman School District | Pitman | NJ | 14 | $72,000 | $72,000 | June 29, 2026 | osha.gov |
| North Linn High School | Coggon | IA | 1 | $87,014 | $70,000 | November 15, 2022 | osha.gov |
| Cumberland Regional High School | Bridgeton | NJ | 11 | $69,300 | $69,300 | August 14, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Township of Greenwich Board of Education | Gibbstown | NJ | 19 | $67,900 | $67,900 | June 23, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Warren Hills Regional School District | Washington | NJ | 10 | $64,000 | $64,000 | July 17, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De | Toa Baja | PR | 6 | $60,000 | $60,000 | March 5, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De | Toa Baja | PR | 1 | $59,115 | $59,115 | July 10, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Ames Community School District | Ames | IA | 5 | $57,192 | $57,192 | September 26, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Clinton-Glen Gardner School District | Clinton | NJ | 14 | $56,000 | $56,000 | October 20, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Clearview Regional High School District - Clearview High School | Mullica Hill | NJ | 8 | $56,000 | $56,000 | July 1, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De Escuela Lino Padr?n Rivera | Vega Baja | PR | 3 | $55,000 | $55,000 | January 10, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Nevada County Superintendent of Schools | North San Juan | CA | 4 | $51,550 | $51,550 | July 1, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De | Toa Alta | PR | 2 | $50,000 | $50,000 | March 10, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Municipio De San Juan | San Juan | PR | 1 | $50,000 | $50,000 | February 8, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Buena Regional High School | Buena | NJ | 13 | $49,500 | $49,500 | July 24, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Hunterdon Central Regional High School | Flemington | NJ | 7 | $49,000 | $49,000 | July 29, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Ankeny Community School District | Ankeny | IA | 13 | $97,372 | $48,686 | August 15, 2023 | osha.gov |
| Silver Falls SD 4J | Mount Angel | OR | 1 | $48,587 | $48,587 | August 21, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De | Catano | PR | 1 | $47,285 | $47,285 | June 9, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Frenchtown Elementary School | Frenchtown | NJ | 15 | $44,100 | $44,100 | September 23, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Borough of Paulsboro School District | Paulsboro | NJ | 7 | $44,100 | $44,100 | July 1, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Pennsville School District | Pennsville | NJ | 11 | $44,000 | $44,000 | July 3, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Long Pond School | Newton | NJ | 12 | $42,000 | $42,000 | April 21, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Visalia Unified School District | Visalia | CA | 6 | $45,985 | $41,935 | June 18, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Konocti Unified School District | Lower Lake | CA | 6 | $39,755 | $39,755 | August 21, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Township of East Greenwich School District | Mickleton | NJ | 7 | $38,700 | $38,700 | July 17, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Sussex Middle School | Sussex | NJ | 8 | $38,000 | $38,000 | August 11, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Byram Township Intermediate School | Stanhope | NJ | 12 | $37,800 | $37,800 | September 10, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Bullitt County Board of Education | Shepherdsville | KY | 6 | $37,800 | $37,800 | July 1, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Woodlake Unified School District | Woodlake | CA | 4 | $36,785 | $36,785 | June 13, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Municipio De San Juan | San Juan | PR | 6 | $36,160 | $36,160 | November 10, 2023 | osha.gov |
| Lindenwold Elementary School No. 4 | Lindenwold | NJ | 5 | $35,000 | $35,000 | December 30, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Florence M. Burd Elementary School | Newton | NJ | 8 | $34,200 | $34,200 | April 21, 2025 | osha.gov |
| De | Naranjito | PR | 2 | $34,187 | $34,187 | August 6, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Rfx2025xjl680x0052 - Tucson Unified School District | Tucson | AZ | 7 | $34,168 | $34,168 | February 6, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Episcopal School of Jacksonville, Inc. | Jacksonville | FL | 2 | $32,817 | $32,817 | December 27, 2022 | osha.gov |
| Red Bank Regional High School District | Little Silver | NJ | 6 | $32,400 | $32,400 | July 24, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Wa317984663 - School Dist #119 Clark County | Battle Ground | WA | 24 | $32,130 | $32,130 | August 5, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Frankford Township School District | Branchville | NJ | 9 | $31,500 | $31,500 | September 15, 2025 | osha.gov |
| De | Bayamon | PR | 2 | $30,000 | $30,000 | December 23, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Orange School District - Heywood Avenue Es | Orange | NJ | 9 | $27,000 | $27,000 | June 5, 2023 | osha.gov |
| Lowell Joint School District | Whittier | CA | 7 | $26,430 | $26,430 | July 28, 2022 | osha.gov |
| Thomas B Conley School | Asbury | NJ | 12 | $26,100 | $26,100 | October 2, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Lenna W. Conrow School | Long Branch | NJ | 6 | $26,000 | $26,000 | April 26, 2022 | osha.gov |
| Cupertino Union School District - Blue Hills Elementary School | Saratoga | CA | 6 | $25,240 | $25,240 | March 18, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Fresno Unified School District | Fresno | CA | 2 | $25,200 | $25,200 | June 30, 2022 | osha.gov |
| Morris Hills Regional School District | Rockaway Borough | NJ | 4 | $24,000 | $24,000 | March 26, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Wilson Avenue School | Newark | NJ | 4 | $24,000 | $24,000 | January 16, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Knowlton Township Elementary School | Delaware | NJ | 10 | $23,800 | $23,800 | October 21, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Davis Joint Unified School District | Davis | CA | 3 | $23,750 | $23,750 | July 1, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Fresno Unified School District | Fresno | CA | 2 | $23,435 | $23,435 | October 30, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Escondido Union School District | Escondido | CA | 4 | $43,310 | $23,400 | April 3, 2026 | osha.gov |
| High Desert Montessori Charter School | Reno | NV | 3 | $23,361 | $23,361 | July 1, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De Escuela Angel Sand?n Mart?nez | Vega Baja | PR | 10 | $23,000 | $23,000 | February 24, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Barley Sheaf School | Flemington | NJ | 5 | $23,000 | $23,000 | May 23, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Reading Fleming Intermediate School | Flemington | NJ | 5 | $23,000 | $23,000 | May 2, 2025 | osha.gov |
| George Washington Middle School | Wayne | NJ | 5 | $22,700 | $22,700 | November 6, 2025 | osha.gov |
| San Lorenzo Unified School District - San Lorenzo High School | San Lorenzo | CA | 3 | $21,735 | $21,735 | March 8, 2023 | osha.gov |
| DR. William H. Horton Elementary School | Newark | NJ | 4 | $21,300 | $21,300 | May 10, 2022 | osha.gov |
| Antelope Valley Union High School District | Lancaster | CA | 3 | $23,750 | $21,000 | December 20, 2022 | osha.gov |
| JCPS Boe - Lowe Elementary | Lyndon | KY | 3 | $21,000 | $21,000 | June 17, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Samuel Busansky Elementary School | Pemberton | NJ | 10 | $20,700 | $20,700 | November 20, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Marie H. Katzenbach School for the Deaf | Trenton | NJ | 7 | $20,250 | $20,250 | August 9, 2024 | osha.gov |
| The Center for Early Education | West Hollywood | CA | 4 | $32,430 | $20,170 | January 13, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De Escuela Padre An�bal Reyes Bel�n | Hatillo | PR | 6 | $20,000 | $20,000 | March 20, 2024 | osha.gov |
| De | Guayanilla | PR | 5 | $20,000 | $20,000 | September 10, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De Escuela Luis Felipe Crespo | Camuy | PR | 10 | $19,500 | $19,500 | March 8, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Calvert County Public Schools | Prince Frederick | MD | 25 | $19,475 | $19,475 | August 31, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Gladstone SD 115 | Gladstone | OR | 7 | $19,434 | $19,434 | July 6, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Davenport Laguna Hills Partners | Laguna Hills | CA | 2 | $19,275 | $19,275 | June 25, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Chaffey Joint Union High School District | Ontario | CA | 3 | $19,120 | $19,120 | February 20, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Convergeone, Inc. | Van Nuys | CA | 3 | $28,120 | $19,010 | December 1, 2023 | osha.gov |
| Memorial High School | West New York | NJ | 13 | $19,000 | $19,000 | April 15, 2026 | osha.gov |
| De Escuela S.u. Honorio Hern?ndez Quijano | Quebradillas | PR | 6 | $19,000 | $19,000 | November 12, 2024 | osha.gov |
| De | Mayaguez | PR | 3 | $18,914 | $18,914 | August 24, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Alexandria Township School | Pittstown | NJ | 9 | $18,900 | $18,900 | September 22, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Bloomsbury School District | Bloomsbury | NJ | 9 | $18,900 | $18,900 | October 1, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Mount Diablo Unified School District | Concord | CA | 2 | $18,900 | $18,900 | February 20, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Kamehameha Schools | Honolulu | HI | 10 | $26,415 | $18,491 | January 4, 2023 | osha.gov |
| Wa317985077 - School Dist #402 King County | Vashon | WA | 10 | $18,360 | $18,360 | May 29, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Bethlehem Township School District | Asbury | NJ | 8 | $18,200 | $18,200 | September 26, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Fort Worth Country Day School Inc | Fort Worth | TX | 3 | $30,201 | $18,121 | February 8, 2024 | osha.gov |
| De / Escuela Felix Garay Ortiz | Salinas | PR | 3 | $18,087 | $18,087 | June 29, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Wa317979146 - School Dist #1 Seattle | Seattle | WA | 9 | $24,000 | $18,000 | June 27, 2024 | osha.gov |
| De - Escuela Superior Lorenzo Coballes Gand?a | Hatillo | PR | 8 | $18,000 | $18,000 | April 28, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Capistrano Unified School District School Facilities Corporation | Laguna Niguel | CA | 1 | $22,500 | $18,000 | October 23, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Lodi Unified School District | Stockton | CA | 1 | $25,000 | $18,000 | May 28, 2024 | osha.gov |
| Salinas Union High School District | Salinas | CA | 1 | $18,000 | $18,000 | September 8, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Sunnyvale School District - Columbia Middle School | Sunnyvale | CA | 3 | $17,900 | $17,900 | July 15, 2025 | osha.gov |
| Schurr High School | Montebello | CA | 7 | $17,650 | $17,650 | July 14, 2026 | osha.gov |
| Millstone Township Elementary School | Millstone Township | NJ | 4 | $17,450 | $17,450 | April 25, 2022 | osha.gov |
| Soh - Doe - Waipahu High School | Waipahu | HI | 9 | $24,913 | $17,439 | March 19, 2024 | osha.gov |
Standards cited most often
| Standard | Title | Citations | Establishments | Initial penalties | Current penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 569 | 334 | $239,811 | $192,165 |
| 1910.303 | General | 469 | 310 | $374,477 | $336,089 |
| 1910.305 | Wiring methods, components, and equipment for general use | 346 | 237 | $291,031 | $267,748 |
| 1910.157 | Portable fire extinguishers | 281 | 214 | $242,218 | $181,171 |
| 1910.132 | General requirements | 214 | 174 | $208,594 | $183,354 |
| 1910.147 | The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) | 189 | 114 | $275,328 | $242,037 |
| 1910.37 | Maintenance, safeguards, and operational features for exit routes | 176 | 135 | $175,130 | $152,003 |
| 1910.1030 | Bloodborne pathogens | 159 | 92 | $135,113 | $76,232 |
| 1910.22 | General requirements | 154 | 125 | $411,377 | $313,332 |
| 1904.29 | Forms | 135 | 39 | $109,950 | $109,950 |
| 1910.212 | General requirements for all machines | 131 | 115 | $164,370 | $137,599 |
| 1910.28 | Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection | 114 | 80 | $221,380 | $200,873 |
| 1910.141 | Sanitation | 112 | 82 | $355,028 | $256,137 |
| 1910.151 | Medical services and first aid | 104 | 103 | $69,414 | $50,651 |
| 1910.304 | Wiring design and protection | 104 | 100 | $79,410 | $71,008 |
Citations by year issued
| Year issued | Citations | Current penalties |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | $11,080 |
| 2022 | 726 | $549,324 |
| 2023 | 1,115 | $627,154 |
| 2024 | 1,228 | $1,136,932 |
| 2025 | 1,359 | $1,438,316 |
| 2026 | 1,380 | $2,428,850 |
Updated November 3, 2026. Read from US Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. Public domain (U.S. government work). Penalties are as OSHA records them on the date this page was read and can change after a contest or a settlement. Citations OSHA deleted are left out. Each row links to OSHA's own inspection record. This page uses US Department of Labor data and is not endorsed or certified by the US Department of Labor. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.