Wholesale Trade · Fort Collins, CO
Fossil Creek Nursery
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $3,500 in back wages owed to 16 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
- $3,500
- Back wages owed
Fossil Creek Nursery in Fort Collins, CO 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. Separately, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found $3,500 in back wages owed to 16 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $4K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($4K 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.
Fossil Creek Nursery in the Wholesale Trade enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Fossil Creek Nursery at rank #1,186 of 1,587 employers ($3,500 owed). Fossil Creek Nursery carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,186 of 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers on WHD back wages ($3,500).
How Fossil Creek Nursery Compares
Fossil Creek Nursery in Fort Collins, CO 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, PSC Industries, INC. in Fort Smith, AR has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Fossil Creek Nursery 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 Fossil Creek Nursery owed $3,500 in back wages to 16 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 Fossil Creek Nursery compares to the Wholesale Trade sector, which has 6,881 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Fossil Creek Nursery | 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 Fossil Creek Nursery's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Fossil Creek Nursery against Frontier Ag, INC., a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Fossil Creek Nursery's inspection and penalty record is typical for Wholesale Trade or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Wholesale Trade sector
- Fossil Creek Nursery also carries $3,500 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.