The Dealer Enforcement Record OSHA data · NAICS 441 · by Automotive Risk Management Partners
Public enforcement data NAICS 441 · 1989–2026

What OSHA actually fines auto dealers for, in the data.

Enforcement against U.S. franchise dealerships and body shops, pulled straight from the Department of Labor's OSHA records and aggregated for one industry: how citations trend, which states see the most, and the standards that cost dealers the most money.

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Fig. A · OSHA Citation and Notification of Penalty
U.S. Department of Labor
Occupational Safety & Health Admin.
FORM
OSHA-2
Inspection No.
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NAICS
441110
Standard cited
29 CFR 1910.1200
Classification
SERIOUS
Proposed penalty
$9,628
Violation
Representative record — illustrative
13,000+
OSHA inspections
NAICS 441 · 1989–2026
$1.9M
Penalties cited
recent citations
1,291
Violations counted
2,500 recent inspections
WA
Most-cited state
2255 inspections
§ 02 · Most-cited standards

Where dealers get cited

Bars show how often each standard appears across the 2,500 most-recent dealer inspections; the figure on the right is total penalties cited under it.

1910.1200
142×
$181K
1910.178
84×
$195K
OAR
53×
$66K
1910.134
48×
$43K
1910.303
43×
$71K
1910.305
35×
$63K
1910.157
34×
$24K
1910.132
28×
$52K
1910.28
26×
$88K
1910.37
23×
$78K
1910.147
16×
$25K
5(a)(1)
16×
$89K
Penalties cited per year
$1.5M
$385K
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§ 03 · Methodology

How these numbers are built

  • Source
    The U.S. DOL / OSHA enforcement API (api.dol.gov), filtered to NAICS 441. Inspection counts from OSHA inspection records; penalties and standards joined from violation records.
  • Refresh
    Rebuilt on a quarterly schedule by an automated job that re-queries OSHA and regenerates this static site. Data current as of June 2026.
  • Scope
    Penalty and standard figures are joined from the 2,500 most-recent NAICS-441 inspections (the API rate limit bounds the join). Penalties are issued (cited) amounts and may differ from post-settlement totals.
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§ 04 · Who publishes this

Built by a dealership compliance company.

Automotive Risk Management Partners (ARMP) is an all-in-one dealership compliance and cyber-security platform for franchise dealers, RV dealers, and multi-rooftop groups. We publish this database because the same OSHA standards keep ending careers and budgets — and most of them are preventable with the right records in place.

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§ 05 · Questions

About the data

01 Where does this data come from? +

Directly from the U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA enforcement API, filtered to NAICS code 441 (motor vehicle and parts dealers). Inspection counts come from OSHA's inspection records; penalties and cited standards are joined from its violation records. It is public information, aggregated here for a single industry.

02 How current is it? +

These charts are regenerated on a quarterly schedule from the latest OSHA data. Data current as of June 2026. Penalty figures are issued (cited) amounts, which can differ from amounts after informal settlement.

03 Why do the same standards keep appearing? +

Dealerships and body shops share a recurring risk profile: chemicals on the shop floor (HazCom), spray operations (respiratory protection), lifts and machinery (lockout/tagout, machine guarding), and electrical work. A handful of standards account for most dealer citations year after year — which is exactly where a compliance program pays for itself.