OSHA Inspection & Violation Scraper

Scrape OSHA (Occupational Safety and Health Administration) inspection and violation records from osha.gov's public Establishment Search tool. Search inspections by company name, US state, or ZIP code; search violations/citations the same way. No authentication required.

What this actor does

This actor drives OSHA's own public Establishment Search tool to retrieve:

• Inspections: Search OSHA inspection records by establishment name, US state, or site ZIP code
• Violations: Search citation/violation records for the same inspections — penalty amounts, standards cited, and case status

Input

Field	Type	Default	Description
mode	string	searchInspections	searchInspections (one record per inspection) / searchViolations (one record per citation)
establishmentName	string	Amazon	Company/establishment name (partial match)
state	string	CA	Two-letter US state code, or "All States"
zipCode	string	–	Site ZIP code
inspectionType	string	– (all)	A Planned, B Complaint, C Referral, D Follow-up, E Accident, F Fatality/Catastrophe, V Program Related
caseStatus	string	all	all / open / closed
violationsExist	string	all	all / yes / no — inspections with or without citations
dateFrom / dateTo	string	–	Inspection-opened date range (YYYY-MM-DD)
maxItems	int	50	Hard cap on emitted records (1–2000)

At least one of establishmentName, state, or zipCode is required — this mirrors OSHA's own search tool, which needs one of these to run a query at all.

Example: search inspections for a company in a state

{
  "mode": "searchInspections",
  "establishmentName": "Amazon",
  "state": "CA",
  "maxItems": 20
}

Example: find violations/citations for a company

{
  "mode": "searchViolations",
  "establishmentName": "Tesla",
  "violationsExist": "yes",
  "maxItems": 50
}

Example: accident inspections nationwide in a date range

{
  "mode": "searchInspections",
  "establishmentName": "Amazon",
  "inspectionType": "E",
  "dateFrom": "2023-01-01",
  "dateTo": "2024-12-31"
}

Output

Inspection records (mode=searchInspections)

Field	Description
inspectionId	OSHA inspection activity number
establishmentName	Name of the inspected business
state / city / zipCode	Site location
naicsCode / industry	NAICS industry code and description
sicCode	SIC code, when OSHA publishes one for this inspection
inspectionDate	Date the inspection was opened (YYYY-MM-DD)
closeCaseDate	Date the case was closed, if closed
inspectionType	Planned, Complaint, Referral, Follow-up, Accident, Fatality/Catastrophe, Program Related
scope	Complete, Partial, or Records Only
caseStatus	Open or Closed
unionStatus	Union/non-union status
ownership	Private, State, Federal, etc.
safetyOrHealth	Whether the inspection covered Safety or Health
oshaOffice	The OSHA area/district office that conducted the inspection
reportId	OSHA regional/office report ID
totalViolationsCount	Total current citations for this inspection
seriousViolations / willfulViolations / repeatViolations / otherViolations / unclassifiedViolations	Citation counts by category (only categories with a nonzero count are included)
penaltyAmount	Total current penalty amount (USD)
initialPenaltyAmount	Total penalty as originally assessed, before any reductions (USD)
reportUrl	Direct OSHA inspection detail page URL
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of when the record was scraped

Violation records (mode=searchViolations)

Field	Description
inspectionId / establishmentName / state	The parent inspection
citationId	Citation ID within the inspection
violationType	Serious, Willful, Repeat, Other, or Unclassified
standardCited	The OSHA standard reference cited
issuanceDate	Date the citation was issued
abatementDueDate	Date the violation was due to be corrected
currentPenalty / initialPenalty / ftaPenalty	Penalty amounts (USD) — current, as originally assessed, and Failure-to-Abate
contestDate	Date the citation was contested, if applicable
latestEvent	Most recent case event (e.g. settlement, ALJ order)
note	Any additional note OSHA publishes for this citation
reportUrl	Direct OSHA inspection detail page URL
scrapedAt	ISO timestamp of when the record was scraped

Example Output (inspection)

{
  "inspectionId": "1780602.015",
  "establishmentName": "Amazon Vupc",
  "state": "CA",
  "city": "Ontario",
  "zipCode": "91762",
  "naicsCode": "493110",
  "industry": "General Warehousing and Storage",
  "inspectionDate": "2024-10-09",
  "inspectionType": "Complaint",
  "scope": "Partial",
  "caseStatus": "CLOSED",
  "unionStatus": "NonUnion",
  "ownership": "Private",
  "safetyOrHealth": "Health",
  "oshaOffice": "Monrovia District Office",
  "reportUrl": "https://www.osha.gov/ords/imis/establishment.inspection_detail?id=1780602.015",
  "recordType": "inspection",
  "scrapedAt": "2026-08-10T05:00:00+00:00"
}

Use cases

• Vendor & contractor due diligence — confirm a company's OSHA inspection and citation history before engaging them
• Compliance monitoring — track new inspections or citations for companies you monitor
• Safety research — study inspection outcomes, penalty amounts, or citation patterns by industry or state
• Journalism & advocacy — investigate workplace-safety enforcement trends at specific employers

Frequently Asked Questions

Is authentication required? No. OSHA's Establishment Search tool is public and does not require any API key or credentials.

How many records can I retrieve? Up to 2,000 records per run using the maxItems parameter. For larger datasets, run multiple times with different filters.

Why don't some inspections have violation counts or penalty fields? Not every inspection results in a citation — those fields are only populated when OSHA's own system reports a violation for that inspection. The actor never fabricates a value.

Can I filter by both company and state? Yes — combine establishmentName and state (or zipCode) to narrow results.

What is the difference between searchInspections and searchViolations? searchInspections returns one record per inspection, including violation counts and total penalty. searchViolations returns one record per individual citation, with the specific OSHA standard cited and its own penalty breakdown — only inspections that actually have citations produce searchViolations records.

How current is the data? OSHA's Establishment Search tool states it reflects inspection data through the most recent database refresh (typically within the last few days).

Data Source

Data is sourced from OSHA's own public Establishment Search tool at osha.gov/ords/imis, operated by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The older enforcedata.dol.gov API this actor previously referenced has been fully decommissioned by DOL; osha.gov's Establishment Search is the current, actively-maintained successor and is what this actor uses.