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Heavy and Civil Engineering ConstructionOSHA Violations & Inspection Records

This subsector comprises establishments whose primary activity is the construction of entire engineering projects such as highways, bridges, tunnels, dams, water and sewer systems, power lines, and oil and gas pipelines.

Records current through Jul 2, 2026

69,622
Establishments
96,504
Inspections
153,793
Violations
$199,737,289
Total Penalties

Common Workplace Hazards

Common workplace hazards include struck-by incidents from heavy construction equipment, caught-in/between hazards from excavation and trenching, and falls from bridges and elevated structures. Workers also face risks from traffic exposure in work zones, blasting, and hazardous material exposure.

Most Cited Standards in Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

StandardCitationsPenalties
1926.652
Excavations - Protection of Employees
OSHA citation code: 19260652 A01
10,808$47,340,290
1926.651
Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19260651 C02
5,394$13,509,788
1926.651
Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19260651 J02
3,815$7,711,365
1926.21
Safety Training and Education
OSHA citation code: 19260021 B02
3,787$8,536,541
1926.651
Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19260651 K01
3,710$6,029,166
1926.100
Head Protection (Construction)
OSHA citation code: 19260100 A
2,986$3,128,352
1910.1200
Hazard Communication
OSHA citation code: 19101200 E01
1,882$443,079
1926.651
Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19260651 K02
1,411$3,451,601
5A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
1,252$4,753,553
1926.501
Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection
OSHA citation code: 19260501 B01
1,239$3,123,518

Top States for Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

StateEstablishmentsInspections
California5,57010,823
Pennsylvania6,2658,020
New York3,2027,752
Michigan5,2166,417
Ohio4,1865,658
Illinois3,6334,548
Washington3,6344,374
Texas3,2104,109
Virginia2,9934,108
Georgia2,8253,590
North Carolina2,2392,608
Oregon1,6362,170
New Jersey1,4092,053
Florida1,6592,043
Massachusetts1,6272,030

Industry Size (BLS QCEW, 2024)

58,508
All Private Establishments (2024)
1,143,755
Avg. Annual Employment
$95,358
Avg. Annual Pay

National private-industry totals for Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (NAICS 237) in 2024, from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. These are industry-wide totals from a near-complete federal count of employers. They describe the industry overall and are not a measurement of any single establishment or of OSHA enforcement activity. This is the full count of private-sector establishments in the industry, not only those with OSHA inspection records, so it is not directly comparable to the establishment count shown above.

OSHA Form 300A Reports (ITA, 2024)

8,085
Establishments Reporting (2024)
16,173
Recordable Cases
5,577
Days-Away Cases
77
Employer-Recorded Deaths

What Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction (NAICS 237) establishments reported on their OSHA Form 300A summaries for 2024, submitted through OSHA's Injury Tracking Application. These are counts employers reported themselves, not the result of an OSHA inspection, and only establishments required to file under 29 CFR 1904.41 are included, so this is not every employer in the industry and is not directly comparable to the inspection counts above. Deaths are employer-recorded on the form, distinct from OSHA-investigated fatalities. These are case counts, not injury rates; for rates see the BLS Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses.

Official Resources

Data Source and Methodology

Data synced daily

Data on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement database, accessed via the DOL public data API. Records are updated daily. We strive for accuracy, but errors in data processing or establishment grouping are possible. Penalty amounts reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts after informal conference, settlement, or judicial review. Company pages group inspection records by normalized employer name, city, and state as reported in OSHA records. That grouping is deterministic and non-fuzzy, but it is not a universal legal-entity identifier. If you believe any record is inaccurate, please report it and we will investigate. This product uses the DOL Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the DOL. For official and authoritative records, visit osha.gov.