Utilities · Buffalo, OK
Harper County Rural Water District 1
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $8,151 in back wages owed to 2 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
- 0
- Violations cited
- 0
- OSHA inspections
- $8,151
- Back wages owed
Harper County Rural Water District 1 in Buffalo, OK 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 $8,151 in back wages owed to 2 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $8K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($8K 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.
Harper County Rural Water District 1 in the Utilities enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Harper County Rural Water District 1 at rank #145 of 236 employers ($8,151 owed). Harper County Rural Water District 1 carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #145 of 236 Utilities employers on WHD back wages ($8,151).
How Harper County Rural Water District 1 Compares
Harper County Rural Water District 1 in Buffalo, OK 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, Solartech Hawaii LLC in Waipahu, HI has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Harper County Rural Water District 1 to date. The Utilities sector average runs $5,509 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Harper County Rural Water District 1 owed $8,151 in back wages to 2 employees across 1 case and 3 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: Utilities
How Harper County Rural Water District 1 compares to the Utilities sector, which has 2,996 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Harper County Rural Water District 1 | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.6 |
| Violations | 0 | 6.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $5,509 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,104 |
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What to do with this record
Use Harper County Rural Water District 1's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Harper County Rural Water District 1 against Woodbine Municipal Utilities Authority, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Harper County Rural Water District 1's inspection and penalty record is typical for Utilities or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Utilities sector
- Harper County Rural Water District 1 also carries $8,151 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.