Utilities · Kearny, NJ
SOS Gases
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $25,962 in back wages owed to 11 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
SOS Gases in Kearny, NJ 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
- D Wage & hour compliance: $26K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($26K 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.
SOS Gases in the Utilities enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place SOS Gases at rank #79 of 236 employers ($25,962 owed). SOS Gases carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #79 of 236 Utilities employers on WHD back wages ($25,962).
How SOS Gases Compares
SOS Gases in Kearny, NJ 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, Delran Sewer Utility in Delran, NJ has 6 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against SOS Gases to date. The Utilities sector average runs $5,509 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that SOS Gases owed $25,962 in back wages to 11 employees across 1 case and 11 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: Utilities
How SOS Gases compares to the Utilities sector, which has 2,996 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | SOS Gases | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.6 |
| Violations | 0 | 6.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $5,509 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,104 |
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What to do with this record
Use SOS Gases's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare SOS Gases against Aee Central San Juan, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether SOS Gases's inspection and penalty record is typical for Utilities or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Utilities sector
- SOS Gases also carries $25,962 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.