Information · Rapid City, SD
Midcontinent Communications
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $2,678 in back wages owed to 26 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
Midcontinent Communications in Rapid City, SD 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. Federal wage-and-hour enforcement records also show 27 WHD violations against this employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $3K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($3K 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.
Midcontinent Communications in the Information enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Midcontinent Communications ranks #606 among 771 Information employers with WHD recoveries ($2,678). Midcontinent Communications carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #606 of 771 Information employers on WHD back wages ($2,678).
How Midcontinent Communications Compares
Midcontinent Communications in Rapid City, SD 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, UCOMM Cricket Wireless in Hampton, VA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Midcontinent Communications to date. The Information sector average runs $1,539 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Midcontinent Communications owed $2,678 in back wages to 26 employees across 1 case and 27 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: Information
How Midcontinent Communications compares to the Information sector, which has 1,177 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Midcontinent Communications | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.8 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $1,539 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $1,881 |
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What to do with this record
Use Midcontinent Communications's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Midcontinent Communications also carries $2,678 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.