Construction · Sarepta, LA
Ken's Heat and Air
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $15,182 in back wages owed to 5 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
- $15,182
- Back wages owed
Ken's Heat and Air in Sarepta, LA 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 $15,182 in back wages owed to 5 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- C Wage & hour compliance: $15K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($15K 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.
Ken's Heat and Air in the Construction enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Ken's Heat and Air ranks #5,444 among 12,785 Construction employers with WHD recoveries ($15,182). Ken's Heat and Air carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #5,444 of 12,785 Construction employers on WHD back wages ($15,182).
How Ken's Heat and Air Compares
Ken's Heat and Air in Sarepta, LA 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, D7 Roofing Services, INC. in Reno, NV has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Ken's Heat and Air to date. The Construction sector average runs $6,767 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Ken's Heat and Air owed $15,182 in back wages to 5 employees across 1 case and 11 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: Construction
How Ken's Heat and Air compares to the Construction sector, which has 61,260 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Ken's Heat and Air | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.0 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $6,767 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3,361 |
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What to do with this record
Use Ken's Heat and Air's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Ken's Heat and Air against D7 Roofing Services, INC., a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Ken's Heat and Air's inspection and penalty record is typical for Construction or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Construction sector
- Ken's Heat and Air also carries $15,182 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.