Retail Trade · Cincinnati, OH
Dakota Watch Company
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $36,787 in back wages owed to 44 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
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- OSHA inspections
- $36,787
- Back wages owed
Dakota Watch Company in Cincinnati, OH 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
- F Wage & hour compliance: $37K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($37K 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.
Dakota Watch Company in the Retail Trade enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Dakota Watch Company ranks #778 among 8,492 Retail Trade employers with WHD recoveries ($36,787). Dakota Watch Company carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #778 of 8,492 Retail Trade employers on WHD back wages ($36,787).
How Dakota Watch Company Compares
Dakota Watch Company in Cincinnati, OH 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, Foodtown of New Brunswick in New Brunswick, NJ has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Dakota Watch Company to date. The Retail Trade sector average runs $2,898 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Dakota Watch Company owed $36,787 in back wages to 44 employees across 1 case and 45 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: Retail Trade
How Dakota Watch Company compares to the Retail Trade sector, which has 12,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Dakota Watch Company | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.8 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.7 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $2,898 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3,571 |
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What to do with this record
Use Dakota Watch Company's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Dakota Watch Company against Azteca Internacional, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Dakota Watch Company's inspection and penalty record is typical for Retail Trade or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Retail Trade sector
- Dakota Watch Company also carries $36,787 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 Sources & Methodology ▼
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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