Construction · Hitchcock, TX
Orta Painting
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $11,266 in back wages owed to 14 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
- $11,266
- Back wages owed
Orta Painting in Hitchcock, 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. Separately, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found $11,266 in back wages owed to 14 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- C Wage & hour compliance: $11K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($11K 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.
Orta Painting in the Construction enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Orta Painting at rank #6,442 of 12,785 employers ($11,266 owed). Orta Painting carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #6,442 of 12,785 Construction employers on WHD back wages ($11,266).
How Orta Painting Compares
Orta Painting in Hitchcock, 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, Jose Pacheco in Corpus Christi, TX has 3 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Orta Painting 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 Orta Painting owed $11,266 in back wages to 14 employees across 1 case and 28 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 Orta Painting compares to the Construction sector, which has 61,260 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Orta Painting | 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 Orta Painting's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Orta Painting against Delaney Concrete Construction Co. Inc., a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Orta Painting's inspection and penalty record is typical for Construction or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Construction sector
- Orta Painting also carries $11,266 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.