Healthcare & Social Assistance · Abilene, TX
Texas Midwest Optical
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $2,804 in back wages owed to 2 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
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- Violations cited
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- Back wages owed
Texas Midwest Optical in Abilene, 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 $2,804 in back wages owed to 2 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $3K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($3K 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.
Texas Midwest Optical in the Healthcare & Social Assistance enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Texas Midwest Optical ranks #10,608 among 13,687 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers with WHD recoveries ($2,804). Texas Midwest Optical carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #10,608 of 13,687 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers on WHD back wages ($2,804).
How Texas Midwest Optical Compares
Texas Midwest Optical in Abilene, 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, WV Gastroenterology & Endoscopy - Davis Mem in Elkins, WV has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Texas Midwest Optical to date. The Healthcare & Social Assistance sector average runs $1,181 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Texas Midwest Optical owed $2,804 in back wages to 2 employees across 1 case and 3 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: Healthcare & Social Assistance
How Texas Midwest Optical compares to the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector, which has 17,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Texas Midwest Optical | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.7 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $1,181 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $1,757 |
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What to do with this record
Use Texas Midwest Optical's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Texas Midwest Optical also carries $2,804 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.