Professional & Technical Services · Defiance, MO
Elite Lawn Service
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $56,383 in back wages owed to 16 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- Violations cited
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- Back wages owed
Elite Lawn Service in Defiance, MO 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: $56K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($56K 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.
Elite Lawn Service in the Professional & Technical Services enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Elite Lawn Service at rank #443 of 2,735 employers ($56,383 owed). Elite Lawn Service carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #443 of 2,735 Professional & Technical Services employers on WHD back wages ($56,383).
How Elite Lawn Service Compares
Elite Lawn Service in Defiance, MO 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, Morae Global in Houston, TX has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Elite Lawn Service to date. The Professional & Technical Services sector average runs $1,358 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Elite Lawn Service owed $56,383 in back wages to 16 employees across 1 case and 70 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: Professional & Technical Services
How Elite Lawn Service compares to the Professional & Technical Services sector, which has 3,597 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Elite Lawn Service | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.6 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.2 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $1,358 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,331 |
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What to do with this record
Use Elite Lawn Service's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Elite Lawn Service against Morae Global, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Elite Lawn Service's inspection and penalty record is typical for Professional & Technical Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Professional & Technical Services sector
- Elite Lawn Service also carries $56,383 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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