Other · Weatherford, TX
Parker County Jail
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $1.72M in back wages owed to 272 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
- $1.72M
- Back wages owed
Parker County Jail in Weatherford, 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. Federal wage-and-hour enforcement records also show 539 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
- F Wage & hour compliance: $1.7M in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($1.7M 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.
Parker County Jail in the Other enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Parker County Jail ranks #8 among 2,155 Other employers with WHD recoveries ($1.72M). Parker County Jail carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #8 of 2,155 Other employers on WHD back wages ($1.72M).
How Parker County Jail Compares
Parker County Jail in Weatherford, 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, Department of Corrections, Government of Guam in Hagatna, GU has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Parker County Jail to date. The Other sector average runs $0 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Parker County Jail owed $1.72M in back wages to 272 employees across 1 case and 539 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: Other
How Parker County Jail compares to the Other sector, which has 2,225 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Parker County Jail | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.1 |
| Violations | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $0 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3 |
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What to do with this record
Use Parker County Jail's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Parker County Jail against Travis County Sheriff Department, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Parker County Jail's inspection and penalty record is typical for Other or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Other sector
- Parker County Jail also carries $1.72M 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 Sources & Methodology ▼
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.