Healthcare & Social Assistance · Albuquerque, NM
Tricore Reference Laboratories
According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), Tricore Reference Laboratories has a relatively clean safety record: 0 violations across 2 inspections. See the full breakdown below.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
- 0
- Violations cited
- 2
- OSHA inspections
- $48,157
- Back wages owed
Tricore Reference Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM 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. The employer also has 1 Wage and Hour Division (WHD) case on record, covering Fair Labor Standards Act enforcement. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
The record in one line
OSHA has inspected Tricore Reference Laboratories 2 times over 3 years, roughly once every couple of years. None of these inspections resulted in a citation. Against the Healthcare & Social Assistance industry average of 1 inspections per employer, this runs well above peers (3.0x the sector average) on inspection frequency. The Department of Labor also found wage violations, with $48,157 in back wages owed to 13 affected workers. For comparison, Buckhannon-Upshur Work Adjustment Center in Buckhannon, WV is another healthcare & social assistance employer with 0 OSHA inspections on record and $0 in current penalties.
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- violations per inspection
- 0.0%
- of violations were serious
- $48,157
- 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.
- F Wage & hour compliance: $48K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($48K 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 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers with an OSHA inspection on record, placed by inspections and violations cited. The highlighted dot is Tricore Reference Laboratories.
Tricore Reference Laboratories in the Healthcare & Social Assistance enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Tricore Reference Laboratories ranks #1,809 among 13,687 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers with WHD recoveries ($48,157). Tricore Reference Laboratories carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,809 of 13,687 Healthcare & Social Assistance employers on WHD back wages ($48,157).
Combined federal exposure here: $0 OSHA penalties plus $48,157 WHD back wages (100.0% of the combined total is wage recovery).
How Tricore Reference Laboratories Compares
2 OSHA inspections on record for Tricore Reference Laboratories in Albuquerque, NM, zero violations cited, a cleaner record than the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector average of 1.1 violations per employer.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Tricore Reference Laboratories to date. The Healthcare & Social Assistance sector average runs $1,181 per employer.
Enforcement detail
OSHA Inspection History
Total Inspections
2
First Inspection
2011-02-10
Last Inspection
2014-04-01
Inspection Span
3 yrs
Violations / Inspection
0.0
Avg Penalty / Inspection
$0
Industry Avg / Inspection
$1,757
What this shows 2 inspections over 3 years, averaging 0.0 violations per visit. That's $0 per inspection vs. the Healthcare & Social Assistance average of $1,757.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Tricore Reference Laboratories owed $48,157 in back wages to 13 employees across 1 case and 31 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 Tricore Reference Laboratories compares to the Healthcare & Social Assistance sector, which has 17,945 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Tricore Reference Laboratories | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 2 | 0.7 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.1 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $1,181 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $1,757 |
Nationwide Healthcare & Social Assistance peers with similar penalties or inspection counts
Two OSHA-record peer sets for Tricore Reference Laboratories, both outside NM 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).
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What to do with this record
Use Tricore Reference Laboratories's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Tricore Reference Laboratories against Buckhannon-Upshur Work Adjustment Center, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Tricore Reference Laboratories'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
- Tricore Reference Laboratories also carries $48,157 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
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