Arts, Entertainment & Recreation · West Des Moines, IA
Prairie Life Fitness
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $2,508 in back wages owed to 8 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- Back wages owed
Prairie Life Fitness in West Des Moines, IA 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 9 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
- B Wage & hour compliance: $3K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($3K 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.
Prairie Life Fitness in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Prairie Life Fitness at rank #602 of 800 employers ($2,508 owed). Prairie Life Fitness carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #602 of 800 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation employers on WHD back wages ($2,508).
How Prairie Life Fitness Compares
Prairie Life Fitness in West Des Moines, IA 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, Grider Hill Dock/Marina in Albany, KY has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Prairie Life Fitness to date. The Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector average runs $4,481 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Prairie Life Fitness owed $2,508 in back wages to 8 employees across 1 case and 9 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: Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
How Prairie Life Fitness compares to the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector, which has 2,226 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Prairie Life Fitness | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 1.8 |
| Violations | 0 | 5.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $4,481 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,537 |
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What to do with this record
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- Prairie Life Fitness also carries $2,508 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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