Construction · Abilene, TX
Big Country Irrigation
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $3,143 in back wages owed to 9 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
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- Back wages owed
Big Country Irrigation in Abilene, 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. Federal wage-and-hour enforcement records also show 10 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
- A Wage & hour compliance: $3K in back wages owed across 2 WHD cases ($2K 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.
Big Country Irrigation in the Construction enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Big Country Irrigation at rank #10,237 of 12,785 employers ($3,143 owed). Big Country Irrigation carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #10,237 of 12,785 Construction employers on WHD back wages ($3,143).
How Big Country Irrigation Compares
Big Country Irrigation in Abilene, 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, Frerichs Construction Company in Minneapolis, MN has 5 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Big Country Irrigation 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 Big Country Irrigation owed $3,143 in back wages to 9 employees across 2 cases and 10 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 Big Country Irrigation compares to the Construction sector, which has 61,260 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Big Country Irrigation | 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
Use Big Country Irrigation's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Big Country Irrigation against Shelly Foundations Inc., a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Big Country Irrigation's inspection and penalty record is typical for Construction or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Construction sector
- Big Country Irrigation also carries $3,143 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.