Construction · Knoxville, TN
Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $14,547 in back wages owed to 37 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
Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical in Knoxville, TN 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 $14,547 in back wages owed to 37 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.
Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical in the Construction enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical ranks #5,590 among 12,785 Construction employers with WHD recoveries ($14,547). Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #5,590 of 12,785 Construction employers on WHD back wages ($14,547).
How Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical Compares
Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical in Knoxville, TN 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, Taylor & Tyler AC in Harvey, LA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical 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 Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical owed $14,547 in back wages to 37 employees across 1 case and 50 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 Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical compares to the Construction sector, which has 61,260 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical | 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 Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Koontz Plumbing & Mechanical also carries $14,547 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.