Wholesale Trade · McKees Rocks, PA
Northern Sound and Light
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $6,631 in back wages owed to 9 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
- $6,631
- Back wages owed
Northern Sound and Light in McKees Rocks, PA 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 $6,631 in back wages owed to 9 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $7K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($7K 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.
Northern Sound and Light in the Wholesale Trade enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Northern Sound and Light ranks #928 among 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers with WHD recoveries ($6,631). Northern Sound and Light carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #928 of 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers on WHD back wages ($6,631).
How Northern Sound and Light Compares
Northern Sound and Light in McKees Rocks, PA 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, Prolift, INC. in Buffalo, NY has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Northern Sound and Light 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 Northern Sound and Light owed $6,631 in back wages to 9 employees across 1 case and 10 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 Northern Sound and Light compares to the Wholesale Trade sector, which has 6,881 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Northern Sound and Light | 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 Northern Sound and Light's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Northern Sound and Light also carries $6,631 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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