OSHA and Tennessee's own safety agency, where it has one, opened 19,343 inspections in Tennessee since 2015. 14,868 of them ended with at least one citation, 58,892 citation items in all.
Recent citations
| Employer | Issued | Penalty |
|---|---|---|
| Newbern - City Shop Newbern | Oct 7, 2026 | $0 |
| Newbern - Public Works Newbern | Oct 7, 2026 | $0 |
| Carlos Hernandez Brentwood | Oct 7, 2026 | $4,350 |
| Food Giant Supermarkets, Inc. Lexington | Oct 7, 2026 | $2,520 |
| Pablo Contracting Inc Gallatin | Oct 7, 2026 | $6,800 |
| Teknia Nashville, LLC Mount Juliet | Oct 7, 2026 | $7,375 |
| Phoenix Closures, Inc. Newport | Oct 7, 2026 | $4,725 |
| Johnson Plumbing Co. Knoxville | Oct 7, 2026 | $7,100 |
| Steel Pro Memphis, LLC Memphis | Oct 7, 2026 | $5,600 |
| Darsalud Community Center, Inc Memphis | Oct 7, 2026 | $3,450 |
| Lawrenceburg - Fire Department Station 4 Lawrenceburg | Oct 6, 2026 | $0 |
| Gates - Library Gates | Oct 6, 2026 | $0 |
| Gates - Police Department Gates | Oct 6, 2026 | $0 |
| Middle Tennessee State University - Applied Engineering Murfreesboro | Oct 6, 2026 | $0 |
| Somerville - City Hall Somerville | Oct 6, 2026 | $0 |
Rules cited most in Tennessee
- 1910.1200: Hazard communication 8,839
- 1910.305: Electrical wiring methods 4,398
- 1910.303: Electrical equipment, general requirements 3,580
- 1910.134: Respiratory protection 3,363
- 1910.1030: Bloodborne pathogens 3,102
- 1910.157: Portable fire extinguishers 2,648
- 1910.147: Lockout/tagout 2,234
- 1910.215: Grinders and abrasive wheels 1,560
- 1926.501: Fall protection in construction 1,388
- 1910.178: Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks 1,373
Largest current penalties since 2015
| Employer | Citations | Penalties | Last inspection |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accurate Energetic Systems, LLC Mc Ewen | 104 | $3,141,100 | Oct 10, 2025 |
| Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. Jackson | 63 | $568,945 | Jan 30, 2024 |
| Kilgore Flares Company LLC Toone | 46 | $556,100 | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Hankook Tire Manufacturing Tennessee, LP Clarksville | 74 | $550,438 | Mar 3, 2026 |
| Norris Bros. Excavating LLC Crossville | 23 | $506,315 | May 27, 2026 |
| U.S. Postal Service Memphis | 555 | $486,336 | Nov 27, 2024 |
| Civil Constructors, LLC Nashville | 38 | $433,075 | Feb 1, 2024 |
| Florim USA, Inc. Clarksville | 48 | $244,450 | Oct 31, 2023 |
| Nashville Wire Products Manufacturing Company, LLC Nashville | 171 | $226,777 | Dec 2, 2020 |
| Nyrstar Clarksville Inc. Clarksville | 69 | $212,881 | Jan 9, 2025 |
| Mueller Co. LLC Chattanooga | 226 | $190,491 | Sep 5, 2019 |
| Hankook & Company ES America Corp. Clarksville | 45 | $189,375 | Sep 10, 2024 |
| United Parcel Service, Inc. Nashville | 92 | $162,560 | Jun 17, 2025 |
| Carlex Glass America, LLC Vonore | 98 | $160,100 | Aug 17, 2022 |
| Creative Masonry, Inc. Johnson City | 24 | $159,100 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| L & G Construction Company, Inc. Nashville | 71 | $149,025 | Apr 4, 2023 |
| Hoeganaes Corporation Gallatin | 57 | $145,844 | Jan 10, 2017 |
| Tenneco Automotive Operating Company Inc. Smithville | 49 | $138,325 | Sep 13, 2024 |
| Unipres USA Inc Portland | 27 | $135,562 | Jan 31, 2023 |
| Dong-A USA, Inc. Martin | 84 | $131,397 | Oct 1, 2024 |
| Arc Automotive, Inc. Hartsville | 41 | $131,030 | May 31, 2023 |
| Unarco Material Handling Inc Springfield | 95 | $126,900 | Feb 22, 2023 |
| Wasco, Inc. Nashville | 185 | $126,725 | Apr 28, 2021 |
| Path Construction Northeast, Inc. White Pine | 17 | $121,900 | Mar 24, 2023 |
| Music City Masonry Contractors LLC Murfreesboro | 95 | $118,225 | Jan 11, 2024 |
Every city in Tennessee
Employers with OSHA citations since 2015, by city.
Adams 4 · Adamsville 19 · Afton 2 · Alamo 40 · Alcoa 36 · Alexandria 6 · Algood 4 · Altamont 8 · Andersonville 11 · Antioch 59 · Apison 1 · Ardmore 5 · Arlington 42 · Arnold A F B 11 · Arnold Afb 1 · Arrington 1 · Ashland City 41 · Athens 62 · Atoka 8 · Atwood 4 · Bakewell 2 · Baneberry 4 · Bartlett 45 · Bath Springs 1 · Baxter 13 · Bean Station 10 · Beechgrove 1 · Belfast 2 · Bell Buckle 9 · Belle Meade 1 · Bellevue 1 · Bells 12 · Benton 18 · Berry Hill 1 · Bethel Springs 3 · Bethpage 1 · Big Rock 4 · Blaine 1 · Blountville 27 · Bluff City 10 · Bolivar 22 · Bradford 3 · Bradyville 2 · Brentwood 40 · Brighton 7 · Bristol 65 · Brownsville 33 · Bruceton 13 · Buchanan 4 · Bulls Gap 5 · Burns 8 · Butler 6 · Byrdstown 20 · Calhoun 1 · Camden 32 · Cane Ridge 3 · Carthage 29 · Caryville 8 · Castalian Springs 3 · Cedar Hill 3 · Celina 31 · Centerville 24 · Chapel Hill 11 · Chapmansboro 1 · Charleston 11 · Charlotte 3 · Chattanooga 467 · Christiana 4 · Chuckey 6 · Church Hill 24 · Clarkrange 1 · Clarksburg 6 · Clarksville 211 · Cleveland 104 · Clifton 10 · Clinton 54 · Coalmont 6 · Coker Creek 1 · College Dale 1 · College Grove 4 · Collegedale 8 · Collierville 39 · Collinwood 11 · Columbia 81 · Cookeville 72 · Cookville 1 · Copperhill 1 · Cordova 31 · Cornersville 4 · Corryton 3 · Cottage Grove 1 · Cottontown 1 · Counce 6 · Covington 34 · Cowan 8 · Crab Orchard 2 · Cross Plains 2 · Crossville 83 · Crump 1 · Culleoka 1 · Cumberland City 5 · Cumberland Gap 5 · Cunningham 3 · Cypress Inn 1 · Dandridge 30 · Dayton 36 · Decatur 24 · Decaturville 16 · Decherd 12 · Deer Lodge 1 · Delano 1 · Dickson 58 · Dover 25 · Dowelltown 1 · Doyle 1 · Dresden 24 · Drummonds 3 · Ducktown 3 · Dunlap 25 · Dyer 15 · Dyersburg 57 · Eads 4 · Eagleville 4 · East Ridge 16 · Elizabethton 56 · Elkton 1 · Elora 2 · Englewood 6 · Erin 22 · Erwin 34 · Estill Springs 8 · Ethridge 1 · Etowah 17 · Evensville 6 · Fairview 9 · Farragut 16 · Fayetteville 35 · Finley 3 · Five Points 1 · Flintville 3 · Franklin 167 · Friendship 2 · Friendsville 4 · Gadsden 2 · Gainesboro 20 · Gallatin 125 · Gallaway 8 · Gates 6 · Gatlinburg 46 · Georgetown 4 · Germantown 32 · Gladeville 1 · Gleason 6 · Goodlettsville 57 · Gordonsville 12 · Granville 2 · Gray 21 · Graysville 6 · Greenback 2 · Greenbrier 11 · Greeneville 105 · Greenfield 9 · Gruetli Laager 5 · Guild 2 · Halls 14 · Hampton 7 · Harriman 39 · Harrison 1 · Harrogate 7 · Hartford 1 · Hartsville 19 · Heiskell 2 · Helenwood 7 · Henderson 35 · Hendersonville 88 · Henning 8 · Henry 5 · Hermitage 41 · Hixson 49 · Hohenwald 27 · Holladay 2 · Hollow Rock 1 · Honenwald 1 · Humboldt 41 · Huntingdon 38 · Huntland 5 · Huntsville 18 · Huron 1 · Hurricane Mills 2 · Jacksboro 30 · Jackson 251 · Jamestown 30 · Jasper 31 · Jefferson City 21 · Jellico 21 · Joelton 4 · Johnson City 176 · Jonesborough 31 · Kenton 8 · Kimball 9 · Kingsport 184 · Kingston 18 · Kingston Springs 12 · Knoxville 437 · Kodak 8 · La Follette 26 · La Vergne 87 · Lafayette 30 · Lafollette 2 · Lake City 4 · Lakeland 17 · Lakesite 2 · Laurel Bloomery 2 · Lavergne 1 · Lawrenceburg 43 · Lebanon 178 · Lenoir City 27 · Lewisburg 56 · Lexington 40 · Liberty 2 · Limestone 3 · Linden 20 · Livingston 25 · Lobelville 9 · Lookout Mountain 7 · Loretto 7 · Loudon 37 · Louisville 6 · Lyles 7 · Lynchburg 17 · Lynnville 1 · Madison 61 · Madisonville 23 · Manchester 64 · Martin 46 · Maryville 85 · Mascot 4 · Mason 2 · Maynardville 16 · Mc Donald 2 · Mc Ewen 3 · Mc Kenzie 20 · Mc Lemoresville 2 · Mcewen 1 · Mckenzie 10 · Mcminnville 58 · Medina 12 · Medon 1 · Memphis 592 · Middleton 8 · Midway 5 · Milan 38 · Millersville 4 · Milligan 1 · Millington 50 · Milton 2 · Minor Hill 4 · Monroe 1 · Monteagle 10 · Monterey 14 · Mooresburg 2 · Morrison 17 · Morristown 98 · Moscow 12 · Mosheim 3 · Moss 2 · Mount Carmel 7 · Mount Juliet 111 · Mount Pleasant 14 · Mountain City 38 · Mountain Home 12 · Mt Juliet 3 · Mt Pleasant 4 · Mt. Carmel 1 · Munford 9 · Murfreesboro 263 · Nashville 857 · New Johnsonville 18 · New Market 6 · New Tazewell 22 · Newbern 15 · Newport 43 · Niota 10 · Nolensville 16 · Normandy 1 · Norris 6 · Oak Ridge 48 · Oakdale 4 · Oakland 8 · Ocoee 2 · Old Fort 1 · Old Hickory 23 · Olivehill 1 · Oliver Springs 7 · Oneida 17 · Only 1 · Ooltewah 26 · Orlinda 1 · Ozone 1 · Pall Mall 1 · Palmyra 1 · Paris 79 · Parsons 23 · Pegram 6 · Pelham 1 · Petersburg 5 · Petros 1 · Philadelphia 1 · Pickwick Dam 1 · Pigeon Forge 57 · Pikeville 26 · Piney Flats 18 · Pioneer 1 · Piperton 3 · Pleasant Hill 1 · Pleasant View 13 · Pocahontas 1 · Portland 36 · Powell 17 · Powells Crossroads 5 · Primm Springs 1 · Pulaski 41 · Puryear 12 · Readyville 1 · Reagan 2 · Red Bank 12 · Red Boiling Springs 15 · Riceville 2 · Rickman 3 · Riddleton 1 · Ridgely 8 · Ripley 18 · Roan Mountain 2 · Rock Island 3 · Rockford 5 · Rockvale 1 · Rockwood 22 · Rocky Top 9 · Rogersville 32 · Rossville 4 · Russellville 2 · Rutledge 15 · Saint Joseph 6 · Sale Creek 1 · Savannah 44 · Scotts Hill 6 · Selmer 26 · Sequatchie 1 · Sevierville 112 · Sewanee 6 · Seymour 2 · Sharon 10 · Sharps Chapel 2 · Shelbyville 70 · Signal Mountain 21 · Smartt 1 · Smithville 24 · Smyrna 82 · Sneedville 15 · Soddy Daisy 26 · Somerville 26 · South Carthage 3 · South Fulton 4 · South Pittsburg 24 · Sparta 56 · Spencer 26 · Spring City 12 · Spring Hill 50 · Springfield 39 · Stanton 4 · Strawberry Plains 3 · Summertown 9 · Sunbright 3 · Surgoinsville 12 · Sweetwater 23 · Talbott 2 · Tazewell 19 · Telford 4 · Tellico Plains 15 · Tellico Plans 1 · Tennessee Ridge 3 · Thompsons Station 6 · Thorn Hill 2 · Tiptonville 11 · Toone 2 · Tracy City 9 · Trade 2 · Treadway 1 · Trenton 47 · Trezevant 12 · Troy 12 · Tullahoma 67 · Tusculum 2 · Unicoi 1 · Union City 41 · Unionville 3 · Vanleer 4 · Vonore 11 · Walland 1 · Walling 1 · Wartburg 14 · Wartrace 6 · Watauga 2 · Watertown 6 · Waverly 33 · Waynesboro 25 · Westmoreland 12 · White Bluff 12 · White House 39 · White Pine 12 · Whites Creek 8 · Whitesburg 2 · Whiteside 1 · Whiteville 8 · Whitleyville 1 · Whitwell 6 · Wildersville 1 · Williamsport 1 · Winchester 50 · Winfield 5 · Woodbury 17 · Woodlawn 1 · Yuma 1