Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting · Dunkirk, NY
A Sam Family Farms
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $228,004 in back wages owed to 74 affected workers across 4 wage-theft cases.
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- Back wages owed
A Sam Family Farms in Dunkirk, NY has been the subject of 0 OSHA workplace inspections and 0 citations since 2010, according to enforcement records from the U.S. Department of Labor. Federal wage-and-hour enforcement records also show 78 WHD violations against this employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $228K in back wages owed across 4 WHD cases ($57K per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.
Channels are separate federal datasets: a dimension marked not applicable simply has no record in that dataset for this employer, not a good or bad score.
A Sam Family Farms in the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place A Sam Family Farms at rank #34 of 2,875 employers ($228,004 owed). A Sam Family Farms carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #34 of 2,875 Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting employers on WHD back wages ($228,004).
How A Sam Family Farms Compares
A Sam Family Farms in Dunkirk, NY has no OSHA inspection on record with PlainWorker. An absence of federal inspection activity is not the same as a clean safety record, it typically means this employer has not yet been selected for inspection under OSHA's targeting programs. By comparison, Carolina Fraser Fir in Mouth of Wilson, VA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against A Sam Family Farms to date. The Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting sector average runs $3,448 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that A Sam Family Farms owed $228,004 in back wages to 74 employees across 4 cases and 78 violations. WHD enforces federal labor laws including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), covering minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards.
Industry Safety Context: Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting
How A Sam Family Farms compares to the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting sector, which has 5,988 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | A Sam Family Farms | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 1.4 |
| Violations | 0 | 2.4 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $3,448 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,537 |
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What to do with this record
Use A Sam Family Farms's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare A Sam Family Farms against SBHLP, INC., a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether A Sam Family Farms's inspection and penalty record is typical for Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting sector
- A Sam Family Farms also carries $228,004 in Wage and Hour Division back-wages, a separate enforcement track from OSHA safety violations. How wage-theft enforcement works
Figures reflect closed OSHA and WHD federal enforcement actions on record (2010–2026); not every workplace issue results in an inspection or investigation.
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Data as of 2026. Source: U.S. Department of Labor (OSHA, WHD).
Source: OSHA Enforcement Data
Inspection and violation records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, covering the period 2010–2026. Includes inspection dates, violation types (serious, willful, repeat, other-than-serious), and penalty amounts. Penalties shown are current assessed amounts and may differ from original citations due to settlement, contest, or reduction.
Source: Wage and Hour Division (WHD)
Compliance actions from the WHD, covering enforcement of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), including minimum wage, overtime, and child labor violations. Back wages represent amounts owed to affected employees as determined by WHD investigations.
Employer Matching
Employers are matched across OSHA and WHD datasets by name, state, and city. Employers included in PlainWorker have 2 or more OSHA inspections or $1,000+ in WHD back wages. Data is updated monthly from data.dol.gov.