Wholesale Trade · Grand Prairie, TX
Farris Auto Salvage
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $15,753 in back wages owed to 13 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- Violations cited
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- Back wages owed
Farris Auto Salvage in Grand Prairie, 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 24 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
- C Wage & hour compliance: $16K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($16K 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.
Farris Auto Salvage in the Wholesale Trade enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Farris Auto Salvage at rank #580 of 1,587 employers ($15,753 owed). Farris Auto Salvage carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #580 of 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers on WHD back wages ($15,753).
How Farris Auto Salvage Compares
Farris Auto Salvage in Grand Prairie, 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, Firepak, Inc. in Miami, FL has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Farris Auto Salvage to date. The Wholesale Trade sector average runs $9,112 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Farris Auto Salvage owed $15,753 in back wages to 13 employees across 1 case and 24 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: Wholesale Trade
How Farris Auto Salvage compares to the Wholesale Trade sector, which has 6,881 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Farris Auto Salvage | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.0 |
| Violations | 0 | 5.5 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $9,112 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $4,665 |
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What to do with this record
Use Farris Auto Salvage's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Farris Auto Salvage also carries $15,753 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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