1. A system that facilitates state processing in an industrial control environment, comprising: a plurality of module components that control operations in an industrial control environment; and a plurality of propagation components, wherein a propagation component is embedded within each of the plurality of module components, each propagation component automatically communicates control information associated with the module component in which it is embedded to at least one other module component according to a hierarchy that defines parent and child relationships amongst the module components, the control information includes at least one of fault data, mode data, reset data, or safety data.