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Since the early 2000s, French state inspectors have been subjected to important reforms and an increased proceduralization of their activity, within the wider shift towards management-based regulation on matters related to safety. This article compares how Labor Inspectors, Food Safety Inspectors, and Industrial Facility Inspectors reacted to these transformations. It shows how new policies involving the formalization of procedures and the prioritization of risks were embraced or resisted by inspectors to manage their institutional risk.