Construction · Houston, TX
Atec Communications
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $44,331 in back wages owed to 26 affected workers across 2 wage-theft cases.
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- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
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- OSHA inspections
- $44,331
- Back wages owed
Atec Communications in Houston, TX 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. Separately, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found $44,331 in back wages owed to 26 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- D Wage & hour compliance: $44K in back wages owed across 2 WHD cases ($22K 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.
Atec Communications in the Construction enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Atec Communications ranks #2,489 among 12,785 Construction employers with WHD recoveries ($44,331). Atec Communications carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #2,489 of 12,785 Construction employers on WHD back wages ($44,331).
How Atec Communications Compares
Atec Communications in Houston, TX 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, Dunrite Excavation Inc in Berthoud, CO has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Atec Communications to date. The Construction sector average runs $6,767 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Atec Communications owed $44,331 in back wages to 26 employees across 2 cases and 65 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: Construction
How Atec Communications compares to the Construction sector, which has 61,260 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Atec Communications | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.0 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $6,767 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3,361 |
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What to do with this record
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- Atec Communications also carries $44,331 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
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