Other · Harrisburg, PA
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $67,433 in back wages owed to 5 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
- $67,433
- Back wages owed
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in Harrisburg, 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. 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: $67K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($67K 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.
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in the Other enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation ranks #250 among 2,155 Other employers with WHD recoveries ($67,433). Pennsylvania Department of Transportation carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #250 of 2,155 Other employers on WHD back wages ($67,433).
How Pennsylvania Department of Transportation Compares
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in Harrisburg, 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, Assured Healthcare in Liberty, MO has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to date. The Other sector average runs $0 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Pennsylvania Department of Transportation owed $67,433 in back wages to 5 employees across 1 case and 6 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 Pennsylvania Department of Transportation compares to the Other sector, which has 2,225 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Pennsylvania Department of Transportation | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.1 |
| Violations | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $0 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3 |
Nearby & Similar Employers in Other
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What to do with this record
Use Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Pennsylvania Department of Transportation against City of Talladega -- Water & Sewer, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's inspection and penalty record is typical for Other or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Other sector
- Pennsylvania Department of Transportation also carries $67,433 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.