Retail Trade · Pittsburgh, PA
Don's Appliances
According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), Don's Appliances has a relatively clean safety record: 0 violations across 1 inspections. See the full breakdown below.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
- 0
- Violations cited
- 1
- OSHA inspections
- $8,913
- Back wages owed
Don's Appliances in Pittsburgh, PA has been the subject of 1 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 $8,913 in back wages owed to 35 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
The record in one line
OSHA has inspected Don's Appliances once. None of these inspections resulted in a citation. Against the Retail Trade industry average of 1 inspections per employer, this runs moderately above peers (1.2x the sector average) on inspection frequency. The Department of Labor also found wage violations, with $8,913 in back wages owed to 35 affected workers. For comparison, Total Care Pharmacy #2 in Greenville, TX is another retail trade employer with 0 OSHA inspections on record and $0 in current penalties.
- 0.0
- violations per inspection
- 0.0%
- of violations were serious
- $8,913
- in back wages recovered
Compliance score
- A OSHA safety compliance: 0 violations across 1 OSHA inspection (0.0 per inspection), vs. national p10 0.0 (best) / p90 5.5 (worst) among 145,626 inspected employers.
- C Wage & hour compliance: $9K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($9K per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.
Does more inspection scrutiny mean more findings?
Each dot is one of 21 Retail Trade employers with an OSHA inspection on record, placed by inspections and violations cited. The highlighted dot is Don's Appliances.
Don's Appliances in the Retail Trade enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Don's Appliances ranks #3,199 among 8,492 Retail Trade employers with WHD recoveries ($8,913). Don's Appliances carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #3,199 of 8,492 Retail Trade employers on WHD back wages ($8,913).
Combined federal exposure here: $0 OSHA penalties plus $8,913 WHD back wages (100.0% of the combined total is wage recovery).
How Don's Appliances Compares
1 OSHA inspection on record for Don's Appliances in Pittsburgh, PA, zero violations cited, a cleaner record than the Retail Trade sector average of 1.7 violations per employer.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Don's Appliances to date. The Retail Trade sector average runs $2,898 per employer.
Enforcement detail
OSHA Inspection History
Total Inspections
1
First Inspection
2022-01-24
Last Inspection
2022-01-24
Inspection Span
1 yr
Violations / Inspection
0.0
Avg Penalty / Inspection
$0
Industry Avg / Inspection
$3,571
What this shows 1 inspection over 1 year, averaging 0.0 violations per visit. That's $0 per inspection vs. the Retail Trade average of $3,571.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Don's Appliances owed $8,913 in back wages to 35 employees across 1 case and 35 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 Don's Appliances compares to the Retail Trade sector, which has 12,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Don's Appliances | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 1 | 0.8 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.7 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $2,898 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3,571 |
Nationwide Retail Trade peers with similar penalties or inspection counts
Two OSHA-record peer sets for Don's Appliances, both outside PA so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar OSHA inspection count
Same-sector employers with a comparable inspection history outside this state (1 inspections here).
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What to do with this record
Use Don's Appliances's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Don's Appliances against Kemp Discount Wholesale & Retail, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Don's Appliances's inspection and penalty record is typical for Retail Trade or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Retail Trade sector
- Don's Appliances also carries $8,913 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.