Wholesale Trade · Houston, TX
Steel Surplus
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $41,279 in back wages owed to 30 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
- $41,279
- Back wages owed
Steel Surplus in Houston, TX 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 31 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
- F Wage & hour compliance: $41K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($41K 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.
Steel Surplus in the Wholesale Trade enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Steel Surplus ranks #245 among 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers with WHD recoveries ($41,279). Steel Surplus carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #245 of 1,587 Wholesale Trade employers on WHD back wages ($41,279).
How Steel Surplus Compares
Steel Surplus in Houston, TX 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, Provimi DE Puerto Rico, INC. in Morovis, PR has 2 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Steel Surplus to date. The Wholesale Trade sector average runs $9,112 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Steel Surplus owed $41,279 in back wages to 30 employees across 1 case and 31 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: Wholesale Trade
How Steel Surplus compares to the Wholesale Trade sector, which has 6,881 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Steel Surplus | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.0 |
| Violations | 0 | 5.5 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $9,112 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $4,665 |
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What to do with this record
Use Steel Surplus's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Steel Surplus against Seattle Iron & Metals CORP, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Steel Surplus's inspection and penalty record is typical for Wholesale Trade or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Wholesale Trade sector
- Steel Surplus also carries $41,279 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.