Construction · Manchester, KY
Smith Brothers Excavating
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $29,318 in back wages owed to 26 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
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- Back wages owed
Smith Brothers Excavating in Manchester, KY 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 $29,318 in back wages owed to 26 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- D Wage & hour compliance: $29K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($29K 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.
Smith Brothers Excavating in the Construction enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Smith Brothers Excavating at rank #3,518 of 12,785 employers ($29,318 owed). Smith Brothers Excavating carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #3,518 of 12,785 Construction employers on WHD back wages ($29,318).
How Smith Brothers Excavating Compares
Smith Brothers Excavating in Manchester, KY 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, Alpine Steel LLC in Las Vegas, NV has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Smith Brothers Excavating to date. The Construction sector average runs $6,767 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Smith Brothers Excavating owed $29,318 in back wages to 26 employees across 1 case and 164 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: Construction
How Smith Brothers Excavating compares to the Construction sector, which has 61,260 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Smith Brothers Excavating | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.0 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.3 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $6,767 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3,361 |
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What to do with this record
Use Smith Brothers Excavating's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Smith Brothers Excavating against Alpine Steel LLC, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Smith Brothers Excavating's inspection and penalty record is typical for Construction or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Construction sector
- Smith Brothers Excavating also carries $29,318 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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