Healthcare & Social Assistance · Merrillville, IN
Tradewinds
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $1,044 in back wages owed to 102 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
- $1,044
- Back wages owed
Tradewinds in Merrillville, IN 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 $1,044 in back wages owed to 102 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- A Wage & hour compliance: $1K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($1K 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.
Tradewinds in the Healthcare & Social Assistance enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Tradewinds ranks #13,573 among 13,687 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers with WHD recoveries ($1,044). Tradewinds carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #13,573 of 13,687 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers on WHD back wages ($1,044).
How Tradewinds Compares
Tradewinds in Merrillville, IN 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, Heritage Manor in Oklahoma City, OK has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Tradewinds 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 Tradewinds owed $1,044 in back wages to 102 employees across 1 case and 102 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 Tradewinds compares to the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector, which has 17,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Tradewinds | 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 Tradewinds's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Tradewinds against Keola Hoonanea, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Tradewinds's inspection and penalty record is typical for Healthcare & Social Assistance or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector
- Tradewinds also carries $1,044 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
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