Other · Hopkinsville, KY
Trace Industries
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $5,283 in back wages owed to 49 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
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- Violations cited
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- OSHA inspections
- $5,283
- Back wages owed
Trace Industries in Hopkinsville, KY 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 391 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
- B Wage & hour compliance: $5K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($5K 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.
Trace Industries in the Other enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Trace Industries ranks #1,388 among 2,155 Other employers with WHD recoveries ($5,283). Trace Industries carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,388 of 2,155 Other employers on WHD back wages ($5,283).
How Trace Industries Compares
Trace Industries in Hopkinsville, KY 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, City of Oakland, Dept of Planning & Building in Oakland, CA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Trace Industries to date. The Other sector average runs $0 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Trace Industries owed $5,283 in back wages to 49 employees across 1 case and 391 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: Other
How Trace Industries compares to the Other sector, which has 2,225 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Trace Industries | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.1 |
| Violations | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $0 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3 |
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What to do with this record
Use Trace Industries's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- See whether Trace Industries's inspection and penalty record is typical for Other or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Other sector
- Trace Industries also carries $5,283 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 Sources & Methodology ▼
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.