Safety Training and OSHA Rules by State
Which OSHA program covers your company depends on where you work and whether you’re a private or public employer: federal OSHA, or one of 29 State Plans. Pick a state to see its rules in plain words, the hazards cited most there, and how My Safety Solution schedules tailgate talks for it.
State Plans for private and public employers (22)
These states and territories run their own OSHA-approved plan, which covers private employers and public-sector employers (state and local, or territorial, government). Some adopt the federal standards; some write their own.
- Alaska safety rulesAlaska OSH (AKOSH) · ranked on nationwide OSHA data
- Arizona safety rulesArizona OSH (ADOSH) · ranked on national + Arizona data
- California safety rulesCal/OSHA · 211 of 262 trades ranked on California data
- Hawaii safety rulesHawaii OSH (HIOSH) · ranked on national + Hawaii data
- Indiana safety rulesIndiana OSHA (IOSHA) · ranked on national + Indiana data
- Iowa safety rulesIowa OSHA · ranked on nationwide OSHA data
- Kentucky safety rulesKentucky OSH · ranked on national + Kentucky data
- Maryland safety rulesMaryland OSH (MOSH) · 35 of 262 trades ranked on Maryland data
- Michigan safety rulesMIOSHA · ranked on nationwide OSHA data
- Minnesota safety rulesMinnesota OSHA (MNOSHA) · ranked on national + Minnesota data
- Nevada safety rulesNevada OSHA · ranked on national + Nevada data
- New Mexico safety rulesNew Mexico OSHB · ranked on nationwide OSHA data
- North Carolina safety rulesNC OSH · ranked on national + North Carolina data
- Oregon safety rulesOregon OSHA · ranked on nationwide OSHA data
- Puerto Rico safety rulesPuerto Rico OSHA · ranked on national + Puerto Rico data
- South Carolina safety rulesSC OSHA · ranked on nationwide OSHA data
- Tennessee safety rulesTennessee OSHA (TOSHA) · 61 of 262 trades ranked on Tennessee data
- Utah safety rulesUtah OSH (UOSH) · ranked on national + Utah data
- Vermont safety rulesVermont OSHA (VOSHA) · ranked on nationwide OSHA data
- Virginia safety rulesVirginia OSH (VOSH) · 47 of 262 trades ranked on Virginia data
- Washington safety rulesWashington DOSH · ranked on nationwide OSHA data
- Wyoming safety rulesWyoming OSHA · ranked on national + Wyoming data
State Plans for public employers only (7)
Here the State Plan covers public-sector employers only (state and local, or territorial, government). Private employers fall under federal OSHA.
- Connecticut safety rulesPrivate: federal OSHA · Public: CONN-OSHA
- Illinois safety rulesPrivate: federal OSHA · Public: Illinois OSHA
- Maine safety rulesPrivate: federal OSHA · Public: Maine Bureau of Labor Standards
- Massachusetts safety rulesPrivate: federal OSHA · Public: Massachusetts DLS (public sector)
- New Jersey safety rulesPrivate: federal OSHA · Public: New Jersey PEOSH
- New York safety rulesPrivate: federal OSHA · Public: New York PESH
- U.S. Virgin Islands safety rulesPrivate: federal OSHA · Public: Virgin Islands OSH (VIDOSH)
Federal OSHA (27)
No State Plan: private employers fall under federal OSHA, and public-sector employers have no OSHA coverage. These states share one ranking, pooled from 246,599 citations across federal OSHA states; each page shows where that state’s own citations fall.
- Alabama safety rules4,937 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- American Samoa safety rules170 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Arkansas safety rules1,454 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Colorado safety rules6,119 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Delaware safety rules1,335 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- District of Columbia safety rules982 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Florida safety rules15,572 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Georgia safety rules9,076 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Guam safety rules549 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Idaho safety rules2,011 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Kansas safety rules3,714 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Louisiana safety rules2,722 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Mississippi safety rules1,986 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Missouri safety rules5,181 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Montana safety rules1,602 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Nebraska safety rules2,257 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- New Hampshire safety rules2,157 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- North Dakota safety rules1,504 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Northern Mariana Islands safety rules167 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Ohio safety rules12,646 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Oklahoma safety rules3,169 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Pennsylvania safety rules15,061 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Rhode Island safety rules2,300 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- South Dakota safety rules1,562 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Texas safety rules22,962 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- West Virginia safety rules1,879 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
- Wisconsin safety rules8,443 private-sector inspections since Oct 2020
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