Professional & Technical Services · West Palm Beach, FL
Tropical Shipping USA
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $27,719 in back wages owed to 310 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
- $27,719
- Back wages owed
Tropical Shipping USA in West Palm Beach, FL 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 $27,719 in back wages owed to 310 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- D Wage & hour compliance: $28K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($28K 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.
Tropical Shipping USA in the Professional & Technical Services enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Tropical Shipping USA ranks #786 among 2,735 Professional & Technical Services employers with WHD recoveries ($27,719). Tropical Shipping USA carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #786 of 2,735 Professional & Technical Services employers on WHD back wages ($27,719).
How Tropical Shipping USA Compares
Tropical Shipping USA in West Palm Beach, FL 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, Consultants Unlimited, Inc. in Midlothian, VA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Tropical Shipping USA to date. The Professional & Technical Services sector average runs $1,358 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Tropical Shipping USA owed $27,719 in back wages to 310 employees across 1 case and 311 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: Professional & Technical Services
How Tropical Shipping USA compares to the Professional & Technical Services sector, which has 3,597 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Tropical Shipping USA | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.6 |
| Violations | 0 | 1.2 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $1,358 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $2,331 |
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What to do with this record
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- Tropical Shipping USA also carries $27,719 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.