Manufacturing · Carthage, MS
Pearl River Foods
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $32,213 in back wages owed to 94 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
- $32,213
- Back wages owed
Pearl River Foods in Carthage, MS 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. The employer also has 1 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) case on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $32K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($32K 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.
Pearl River Foods in the Manufacturing enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Pearl River Foods at rank #1,047 of 4,429 employers ($32,213 owed). Pearl River Foods carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,047 of 4,429 Manufacturing employers on WHD back wages ($32,213).
How Pearl River Foods Compares
Pearl River Foods in Carthage, MS 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, Merrimac Spool & Reel CO., INC. in Haverhill, MA has 4 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Pearl River Foods to date. The Manufacturing sector average runs $15,763 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Pearl River Foods owed $32,213 in back wages to 94 employees across 1 case and 98 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: Manufacturing
How Pearl River Foods compares to the Manufacturing sector, which has 44,645 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Pearl River Foods | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.6 |
| Violations | 0 | 8.0 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $15,763 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $6,093 |
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What to do with this record
Use Pearl River Foods's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- See whether Pearl River Foods's inspection and penalty record is typical for Manufacturing or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Manufacturing sector
- Pearl River Foods also carries $32,213 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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