Transportation & Warehousing · Northfield, MN
Northfield Lines
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $26,807 in back wages owed to 20 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
Northfield Lines in Northfield, MN 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 20 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
- D Wage & hour compliance: $27K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($27K 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.
Northfield Lines in the Transportation & Warehousing enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Northfield Lines at rank #1,015 of 3,616 employers ($26,807 owed). Northfield Lines carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,015 of 3,616 Transportation & Warehousing employers on WHD back wages ($26,807).
How Northfield Lines Compares
Northfield Lines in Northfield, MN 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, Alden Leeds, INC. in South Kearny, NJ has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Northfield Lines to date. The Transportation & Warehousing sector average runs $6,129 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Northfield Lines owed $26,807 in back wages to 20 employees across 1 case and 20 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: Transportation & Warehousing
How Northfield Lines compares to the Transportation & Warehousing sector, which has 9,914 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Northfield Lines | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 1.9 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.2 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $6,129 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3,295 |
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What to do with this record
Use Northfield Lines's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Northfield Lines against Wright of NC, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Northfield Lines's inspection and penalty record is typical for Transportation & Warehousing or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Transportation & Warehousing sector
- Northfield Lines also carries $26,807 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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