Manufacturing · Chattanooga, TN
Southern Centrifugal
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $167,840 in back wages owed to 68 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
Southern Centrifugal in Chattanooga, TN 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 $167,840 in back wages owed to 68 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $168K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($168K 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.
Southern Centrifugal in the Manufacturing enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Southern Centrifugal at rank #153 of 4,429 employers ($167,840 owed). Southern Centrifugal carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #153 of 4,429 Manufacturing employers on WHD back wages ($167,840).
How Southern Centrifugal Compares
Southern Centrifugal in Chattanooga, TN 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, Newport News Shipbuilding Division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Incorporated in Newport News, VA has 12 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Southern Centrifugal to date. The Manufacturing sector average runs $15,763 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Southern Centrifugal owed $167,840 in back wages to 68 employees across 1 case and 69 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: Manufacturing
How Southern Centrifugal compares to the Manufacturing sector, which has 44,645 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Southern Centrifugal | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.6 |
| Violations | 0 | 8.0 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $15,763 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $6,093 |
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What to do with this record
Use Southern Centrifugal's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Southern Centrifugal also carries $167,840 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.