Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas · Midland, TX
Permian Basin Instruments
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $259,383 in back wages owed to 65 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- Back wages owed
Permian Basin Instruments in Midland, 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 $259,383 in back wages owed to 65 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $259K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($259K 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.
Permian Basin Instruments in the Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Permian Basin Instruments at rank #51 of 717 employers ($259,383 owed). Permian Basin Instruments carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #51 of 717 Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas employers on WHD back wages ($259,383).
How Permian Basin Instruments Compares
Permian Basin Instruments in Midland, 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, Greene's Energy Group, LLC (Second main file) in Lafayette, LA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Permian Basin Instruments to date. The Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas sector average runs $4,539 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Permian Basin Instruments owed $259,383 in back wages to 65 employees across 1 case and 97 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: Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas
How Permian Basin Instruments compares to the Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas sector, which has 2,294 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Permian Basin Instruments | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $4,539 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,042 |
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What to do with this record
Use Permian Basin Instruments's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Permian Basin Instruments against Vann Energy Services LLC, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
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- Permian Basin Instruments also carries $259,383 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.