Educational Services · Turlock, CA
Turlock Unified School District
According to OSHA enforcement records (2010–2026), Turlock Unified School District has a relatively clean safety record: 0 violations across 1 inspections. See the full breakdown below.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
- 0
- Violations cited
- 1
- OSHA inspections
- $1,515
- Back wages owed
Turlock Unified School District in Turlock, CA has been the subject of 1 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 16 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.
The record in one line
OSHA has inspected Turlock Unified School District once. None of these inspections resulted in a citation. Against the Educational Services industry average of 3 inspections per employer, this runs moderately below peers (0.4x the sector average) on inspection frequency. The Department of Labor also found wage violations, with $1,515 in back wages owed to 16 affected workers. For comparison, Lake Superior State University in Sault Sainte Marie, MI is another educational services employer with 3 OSHA inspections on record and $900 in current penalties.
- 0.0
- violations per inspection
- 0.0%
- of violations were serious
- $1,515
- in back wages recovered
Compliance score
- A OSHA safety compliance: 0 violations across 1 OSHA inspection (0.0 per inspection), vs. national p10 0.0 (best) / p90 5.5 (worst) among 145,626 inspected employers.
- A Wage & hour compliance: $2K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($2K 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 Educational Services employers with an OSHA inspection on record, placed by inspections and violations cited. The highlighted dot is Turlock Unified School District.
Turlock Unified School District in the Educational Services enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Turlock Unified School District at rank #427 of 478 employers ($1,515 owed). Turlock Unified School District carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #427 of 478 Educational Services employers on WHD back wages ($1,515).
Combined federal exposure here: $0 OSHA penalties plus $1,515 WHD back wages (100.0% of the combined total is wage recovery).
How Turlock Unified School District Compares
1 OSHA inspection on record for Turlock Unified School District in Turlock, CA, zero violations cited, a cleaner record than the Educational Services sector average of 5.7 violations per employer.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Turlock Unified School District to date. The Educational Services sector average runs $3,025 per employer.
Enforcement detail
OSHA Inspection History
Total Inspections
1
First Inspection
2021-02-05
Last Inspection
2021-02-05
Inspection Span
1 yr
Violations / Inspection
0.0
Avg Penalty / Inspection
$0
Industry Avg / Inspection
$1,199
What this shows 1 inspection over 1 year, averaging 0.0 violations per visit. That's $0 per inspection vs. the Educational Services average of $1,199.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Turlock Unified School District owed $1,515 in back wages to 16 employees across 1 case and 16 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: Educational Services
How Turlock Unified School District compares to the Educational Services sector, which has 3,186 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Turlock Unified School District | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 1 | 2.5 |
| Violations | 0 | 5.7 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $3,025 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $1,199 |
Nationwide Educational Services peers with similar penalties or inspection counts
Two OSHA-record peer sets for Turlock Unified School District, both outside CA so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment.
Similar OSHA inspection count
Same-sector employers with a comparable inspection history outside this state (1 inspections here).
Nearby & Similar Employers in Educational Services
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What to do with this record
Use Turlock Unified School District's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Turlock Unified School District against Human Learning Systems, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Turlock Unified School District's inspection and penalty record is typical for Educational Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Educational Services sector
- Turlock Unified School District also carries $1,515 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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