Other Services · Houston, TX
Heights Irrigation and Drainage
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $6,284 in back wages owed to 8 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
Heights Irrigation and Drainage in Houston, 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. Separately, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found $6,284 in back wages owed to 8 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $6K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($6K 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.
Heights Irrigation and Drainage in the Other Services enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Heights Irrigation and Drainage ranks #1,622 among 3,193 Other Services employers with WHD recoveries ($6,284). Heights Irrigation and Drainage carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,622 of 3,193 Other Services employers on WHD back wages ($6,284).
How Heights Irrigation and Drainage Compares
Heights Irrigation and Drainage in Houston, 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, Frank's Auto Body (Carstar of Fairfield, Inc) in Fairfield, OH has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Heights Irrigation and Drainage 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 Heights Irrigation and Drainage owed $6,284 in back wages to 8 employees across 1 case and 10 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 Heights Irrigation and Drainage compares to the Other Services sector, which has 6,486 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Heights Irrigation and Drainage | 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 Heights Irrigation and Drainage's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Heights Irrigation and Drainage against Lee Cleaners ( Branch), a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Heights Irrigation and Drainage's inspection and penalty record is typical for Other Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Other Services sector
- Heights Irrigation and Drainage also carries $6,284 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.