Wholesale Trade · Raleigh, NC
Horizon Forest Products
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $119,661 in back wages owed to 43 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
- $119,661
- Back wages owed
Horizon Forest Products in Raleigh, NC 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. The employer also has 1 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) case on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $120K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($120K 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.
Horizon Forest Products in the Wholesale Trade enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Horizon Forest Products at rank #58 of 1,587 employers ($119,661 owed). Horizon Forest Products carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #58 of 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers on WHD back wages ($119,661).
How Horizon Forest Products Compares
Horizon Forest Products in Raleigh, NC 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, Lofty's Textile Waste, INC. in Cohutta, GA has 1 OSHA inspection on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Horizon Forest Products 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 Horizon Forest Products owed $119,661 in back wages to 43 employees across 1 case and 44 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 Horizon Forest Products compares to the Wholesale Trade sector, which has 6,881 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Horizon Forest Products | 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 Horizon Forest Products's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Horizon Forest Products against MELPRO (Melpro Group), a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Horizon Forest Products's inspection and penalty record is typical for Wholesale Trade or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Wholesale Trade sector
- Horizon Forest Products also carries $119,661 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.