Other Services · Anoka, MN
Blatz Automotive and Exhaust
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $10,805 in back wages owed to 9 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- Back wages owed
Blatz Automotive and Exhaust in Anoka, MN 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. The employer also has 1 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) case on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- C Wage & hour compliance: $11K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($11K 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.
Blatz Automotive and Exhaust in the Other Services enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Blatz Automotive and Exhaust ranks #1,160 among 3,193 Other Services employers with WHD recoveries ($10,805). Blatz Automotive and Exhaust carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,160 of 3,193 Other Services employers on WHD back wages ($10,805).
How Blatz Automotive and Exhaust Compares
Blatz Automotive and Exhaust in Anoka, MN 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, Alsco INC in San Diego, CA has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Blatz Automotive and Exhaust to date. The Other Services sector average runs $3,070 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Blatz Automotive and Exhaust owed $10,805 in back wages to 9 employees across 1 case and 9 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: Other Services
How Blatz Automotive and Exhaust compares to the Other Services sector, which has 6,486 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Blatz Automotive and Exhaust | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 1.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.8 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $3,070 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,499 |
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What to do with this record
Use Blatz Automotive and Exhaust's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Blatz Automotive and Exhaust also carries $10,805 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.