Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas · Midland, TX
Targa Resources
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $78,371 in back wages owed to 10 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- Violations cited
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- Back wages owed
Targa Resources in Midland, 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. Separately, the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found $78,371 in back wages owed to 10 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- F Wage & hour compliance: $78K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($78K 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.
Targa Resources in the Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Targa Resources at rank #130 of 717 employers ($78,371 owed). Targa Resources carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #130 of 717 Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas employers on WHD back wages ($78,371).
How Targa Resources Compares
Targa Resources in Midland, 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, Tex-Star Water Services, LLC in Gainesville, TX has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Targa Resources to date. The Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas sector average runs $4,539 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Targa Resources owed $78,371 in back wages to 10 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: Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas
How Targa Resources compares to the Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas sector, which has 2,294 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Targa Resources | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 2.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 3.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $4,539 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,042 |
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What to do with this record
Use Targa Resources's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Targa Resources against Schlumberger, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Targa Resources's inspection and penalty record is typical for Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Mining, Quarrying, Oil & Gas sector
- Targa Resources also carries $78,371 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.