Public Administration · Cary, NC
Town of Cary
According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), Town of Cary has a relatively clean safety record: 0 violations across 2 inspections. See the full breakdown below.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
- 2
- OSHA inspections
- $0
- Back wages owed
Town of Cary in Cary, NC has been the subject of 2 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 $0 in back wages owed to an undisclosed number of workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
The record in one line
OSHA has inspected Town of Cary 2 times over 1 year - more than twice a year on average. None of these inspections resulted in a citation. Against the Public Administration industry average of 3 inspections per employer, this runs moderately below peers (0.6x the sector average) on inspection frequency. The Department of Labor also found wage violations, with $0 in back wages owed to an undisclosed number of workers. For comparison, Tellico Plains - Administration in Tellico Plains, TN is another public administration employer with 2 OSHA inspections on record and $0 in current penalties.
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- violations per inspection
- 0.0%
- of violations were serious
- $0
- in back wages recovered
Compliance score
- A OSHA safety compliance: 0 violations across 2 OSHA inspections (0.0 per inspection), vs. national p10 0.0 (best) / p90 5.5 (worst) among 145,626 inspected employers.
- A Wage & hour compliance: $0 in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($0 per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.
Does more inspection scrutiny mean more findings?
Each dot is one of 21 Public Administration employers with an OSHA inspection on record, placed by inspections and violations cited. The highlighted dot is Town of Cary.
How Town of Cary Compares
2 OSHA inspections on record for Town of Cary in Cary, NC, zero violations cited, a cleaner record than the Public Administration sector average of 6.4 violations per employer.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Town of Cary to date. The Public Administration sector average runs $2,606 per employer.
Enforcement detail
OSHA Inspection History
Total Inspections
2
First Inspection
2013-06-12
Last Inspection
2013-08-12
Inspection Span
1 yr
Violations / Inspection
0.0
Avg Penalty / Inspection
$0
Industry Avg / Inspection
$827
What this shows 2 inspections over 1 year, averaging 0.0 violations per visit. That's $0 per inspection vs. the Public Administration average of $827.
Wage & Hour Findings
Industry Safety Context: Public Administration
How Town of Cary compares to the Public Administration sector, which has 9,693 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Town of Cary | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 2 | 3.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 6.4 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $2,606 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $827 |
Nationwide Public Administration peers with similar penalties or inspection counts
Two OSHA-record peer sets for Town of Cary, both outside NC so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar OSHA inspection count
Same-sector employers with a comparable inspection history outside this state (2 inspections here).
Nearby & Similar Employers in Public Administration
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What to do with this record
Use Town of Cary's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Town of Cary against Tellico Plains - Police Department, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Town of Cary's inspection and penalty record is typical for Public Administration or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Public Administration sector
- Town of Cary also carries $0 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.