Other Services · Newport Beach, CA
Happy Nails
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $9,604 in back wages owed to 6 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
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- Back wages owed
Happy Nails in Newport Beach, CA 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 $9,604 in back wages owed to 6 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- C Wage & hour compliance: $10K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($10K 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.
Happy Nails in the Other Services enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Happy Nails at rank #1,257 of 3,193 employers ($9,604 owed). Happy Nails carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,257 of 3,193 Other Services employers on WHD back wages ($9,604).
How Happy Nails Compares
Happy Nails in Newport Beach, CA 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, Southeastern Builiding Supplies Inc. in Murfreesboro, TN has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Happy Nails to date. The Other Services sector average runs $3,070 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Happy Nails owed $9,604 in back wages to 6 employees across 1 case and 7 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: Other Services
How Happy Nails compares to the Other Services sector, which has 6,486 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Happy Nails | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 1.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.8 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $3,070 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,499 |
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What to do with this record
Use Happy Nails's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Happy Nails against Sarks Automotive, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Happy Nails's inspection and penalty record is typical for Other Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Other Services sector
- Happy Nails also carries $9,604 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
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.