Wholesale Trade · Houston, TX
Marine Foods Express
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $62,604 in back wages owed to 35 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
- $62,604
- Back wages owed
Marine Foods Express 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. 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: $63K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($63K 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.
Marine Foods Express in the Wholesale Trade enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Marine Foods Express at rank #145 of 1,587 employers ($62,604 owed). Marine Foods Express carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #145 of 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers on WHD back wages ($62,604).
How Marine Foods Express Compares
Marine Foods Express 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, Han's Fashion, Inc. in Los Angeles, CA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Marine Foods Express 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 Marine Foods Express owed $62,604 in back wages to 35 employees across 1 case and 36 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 Marine Foods Express compares to the Wholesale Trade sector, which has 6,881 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Marine Foods Express | 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 Marine Foods Express's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- See whether Marine Foods Express's inspection and penalty record is typical for Wholesale Trade or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Wholesale Trade sector
- Marine Foods Express also carries $62,604 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
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