Administrative & Waste Services · Santa Fe Springs, CA
Universal Waste System
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $5,925 in back wages owed to 16 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
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- Back wages owed
Universal Waste System in Santa Fe Springs, CA 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 $5,925 in back wages owed to 16 affected workers. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $6K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($6K 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.
Universal Waste System in the Administrative & Waste Services enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Universal Waste System at rank #4,417 of 7,104 employers ($5,925 owed). Universal Waste System carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #4,417 of 7,104 Administrative & Waste Services employers on WHD back wages ($5,925).
How Universal Waste System Compares
Universal Waste System in Santa Fe Springs, CA 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, Treco Services, Inc. in San Antonio, TX has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Universal Waste System to date. The Administrative & Waste Services sector average runs $3,740 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Universal Waste System owed $5,925 in back wages to 16 employees across 1 case and 17 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: Administrative & Waste Services
How Universal Waste System compares to the Administrative & Waste Services sector, which has 12,823 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Universal Waste System | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 1.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 2.7 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $3,740 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3,188 |
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What to do with this record
Use Universal Waste System's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
- A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Universal Waste System against Treco Services, Inc., a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
- See whether Universal Waste System's inspection and penalty record is typical for Administrative & Waste Services or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Administrative & Waste Services sector
- Universal Waste System also carries $5,925 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.