OSHA Violations Scraper

Search and download OSHA workplace safety inspection records, violation citations, penalties, and accident reports for any US employer. Filter by state, city, employer name, industry code, date range, violation type, and more.

What it does

This actor queries the federal OSHA inspection database (5+ million inspections, 13+ million violations, 165K+ accident reports) and returns structured, analysis-ready data. No more wrestling with bulk government CSV downloads.

Use cases:

• Compliance teams screening vendors and contractors
• Insurance underwriters assessing workplace risk
• Journalists investigating employer safety records
• Researchers analyzing enforcement trends by industry or region
• Real estate due diligence on commercial properties

Input

Parameter	Type	Description
state	string	Two-letter state code (e.g., TX, CA)
city	string	City name (fuzzy match)
estab_name	string	Employer/establishment name (fuzzy match)
naics_code	string	NAICS industry code
sic_code	string	SIC industry code
insp_type	string	Inspection type: A (accident), B (complaint), C (referral), etc.
insp_scope	string	Inspection scope: C (complete), P (partial)
owner_type	string	Owner type code
safety_hlth	string	S (safety) or H (health)
violation_type	string	S (serious), W (willful), R (repeat), O (other)
open_date_from	string	Start date (YYYY-MM-DD)
open_date_to	string	End date (YYYY-MM-DD)
penalty_min	number	Minimum total penalty amount
penalty_max	number	Maximum total penalty amount
has_violations	boolean	Only inspections with violations
has_fatality	boolean	Only inspections linked to fatalities
include_violations	boolean	Include individual violation citations per inspection
include_accidents	boolean	Also fetch accident/injury records
max_results	number	Maximum inspections to return (default: 1000)

Output

Each record is an OSHA inspection with optional violation details:

{
  "activity_nr": 1234567890,
  "estab_name": "Acme Construction LLC",
  "site_address": "123 Main St",
  "site_city": "Houston",
  "site_state": "TX",
  "site_zip": "77001",
  "sic_code": "1522",
  "naics_code": "236220",
  "insp_type": "A",
  "insp_scope": "C",
  "open_date": "2024-03-15",
  "close_case_date": "2024-08-20",
  "violation_count": 3,
  "total_current_penalty": 45000,
  "total_initial_penalty": 60000,
  "violations": [
    {
      "citation_id": "0101",
      "standard": "19260501",
      "viol_type": "S",
      "current_penalty": 15000,
      "initial_penalty": 20000,
      "issuance_date": "2024-04-01",
      "abate_date": "2024-06-01",
      "nr_exposed": 5,
      "gravity": "10"
    }
  ]
}

Export as JSON, CSV, Excel, or XML from the Apify dataset.

Data source

All data comes from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement database, updated daily. Records go back decades and cover every federal OSHA inspection conducted in the United States.

Cost

Runs are very fast since data is pre-indexed. A typical run fetching 1,000 inspections with violations completes in under 30 seconds and costs fractions of a cent in compute.