Arts, Entertainment & Recreation · Salt Lake City, UT
Salt Lake County
According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), Salt Lake County has a relatively clean safety record: 1 violations across 1 inspections. See the full breakdown below.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
- 1
- Violations cited
- 1
- OSHA inspections
- $13,431
- Back wages owed
Salt Lake County in Salt Lake City, UT has been the subject of 1 OSHA workplace inspections and 1 citations since 2010, according to enforcement records from the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer also has 2 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) cases on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
The record in one line
OSHA has inspected Salt Lake County once. These inspections resulted in 1 violations, averaging 1.0 per inspection. Of these, 1 were classified as serious - indicating hazards that could cause death or serious harm. Against the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry average of 2 inspections per employer, this runs moderately below peers (0.6x the sector average) on inspection frequency. The Department of Labor also found wage violations, with $13,431 in back wages owed to 10 affected workers. For comparison, Champions Club at Summerfield, LLC in Stuart, FL is another arts, entertainment & recreation employer with 0 OSHA inspections on record and $0 in current penalties.
- 1.0
- violations per inspection
- 100.0%
- of violations were serious
- $13,431
- in back wages recovered
Compliance score
- C OSHA safety compliance: 1 violation across 1 OSHA inspection (1.0 per inspection), vs. national p10 0.0 (best) / p90 5.5 (worst) among 145,626 inspected employers.
- B Wage & hour compliance: $13K in back wages owed across 2 WHD cases ($7K per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.
Does more inspection scrutiny mean more findings?
Each dot is one of 21 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation employers with an OSHA inspection on record, placed by inspections and violations cited. The highlighted dot is Salt Lake County.
Salt Lake County in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Salt Lake County at rank #224 of 800 employers ($13,431 owed). Salt Lake County carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #224 of 800 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation employers on WHD back wages ($13,431).
Combined federal exposure here: $0 OSHA penalties plus $13,431 WHD back wages (100.0% of the combined total is wage recovery).
How Salt Lake County Compares
Salt Lake County's 1.00 violations per inspection compares to the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector average of 5.1 violations per employer.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Salt Lake County to date. The Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector average runs $4,481 per employer.
Enforcement detail
OSHA Inspection History
Total Inspections
1
First Inspection
2019-04-24
Last Inspection
2019-04-24
Inspection Span
1 yr
Violations / Inspection
1.0
Avg Penalty / Inspection
$0
Industry Avg / Inspection
$2,537
What this shows 1 inspection over 1 year, averaging 1.0 violations per visit. That's $0 per inspection vs. the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation average of $2,537.
Enforcement detail
Violation Breakdown
1
Serious
100.0% of total
0
Willful
0.0% of total
0
Repeat
0.0% of total
0
Other-Than-Serious
0.0% of total
What this shows Serious violations involve hazards that could cause death or serious physical harm. Willful violations indicate intentional or knowing disregard of the law. Repeat violations are for hazards previously cited within the past 5 years.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Salt Lake County owed $13,431 in back wages to 10 employees across 2 cases and 14 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 Salt Lake County compares to the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector, which has 2,226 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Salt Lake County | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 1 | 1.8 |
| Violations | 1 | 5.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $4,481 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,537 |
Nationwide Arts, Entertainment & Recreation peers with similar penalties or inspection counts
Two OSHA-record peer sets for Salt Lake County, both outside UT so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar OSHA inspection count
Same-sector employers with a comparable inspection history outside this state (1 inspections here).
Nearby & Similar Employers in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation
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What to do with this record
Use Salt Lake County's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Salt Lake County against Champions Club at Summerfield, LLC, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Salt Lake County's inspection and penalty record is typical for Arts, Entertainment & Recreation or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation sector
- Salt Lake County also carries $13,431 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.