Transportation & Warehousing · Needham, MA

Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME

According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $51,088 in back wages owed to 62 affected workers across 1 wage-theft case.

$0
OSHA penalties
0
Violations cited
0
OSHA inspections
$51,088
Back wages owed

Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME in Needham, MA 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. Federal wage-and-hour enforcement records also show 62 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.

Compliance score

F 20/100
  • F Wage & hour compliance: $51K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($51K per case), vs. national p10 $2K (best) / p90 $58K (worst) among 91,622 employers with a WHD case on file.

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Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME in the Transportation & Warehousing enforcement ledger

WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME at rank #586 of 3,616 employers ($51,088 owed). Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #586 of 3,616 Transportation & Warehousing employers on WHD back wages ($51,088).

How Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME Compares

Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME in Needham, MA 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, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, CA has 14 OSHA inspections on record.

No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME to date. The Transportation & Warehousing sector average runs $6,129 per employer.

Wage & Hour Findings

WHD Cases
1
Back Wages Owed
$51,088
Employees Affected
62
WHD Violations
62
Avg Back Wages per Employee
$824
Avg Back Wages per CaseAbove average
$51,088

The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME owed $51,088 in back wages to 62 employees across 1 case and 62 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: Transportation & Warehousing

How Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME compares to the Transportation & Warehousing sector, which has 9,914 employers tracked by PlainWorker.

Metric Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME Industry Avg
Inspections 0 1.9
Violations 0 3.2
Total Penalty $0 $6,129
Avg Penalty per Inspection $0 $3,295

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What to do with this record

Use Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.

  • A single employer's record can look unusual in isolation. Compare Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME against Graham & Graham Trucking, a similarly-sized employer in the same sector, before drawing conclusions. Compare side-by-side
  • See whether Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME's inspection and penalty record is typical for Transportation & Warehousing or an outlier against the sector's own average. View the Transportation & Warehousing sector
  • Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME also carries $51,088 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

Has Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME been cited for wage theft?
Yes. The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recorded 1 enforcement case against Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME, resulting in $51,088 in back wages owed to 62 affected workers. These cases involve violations of federal labor laws including minimum wage, overtime, and other worker protections.
What industry does Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME operate in?
Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME operates in the Transportation & Warehousing sector (NAICS code 48423). This industry has 9,914 employers tracked by PlainWorker, with 18,441 total OSHA inspections and $60.77M in cumulative penalties.
What should I do if Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME owes me wages?
If you believe Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME owes you wages, you can file a complaint with the Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division at dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints or by calling 1-866-487-9243. WHD investigates violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act including unpaid minimum wage, overtime, and unauthorized deductions. The DOL has previously found $51,088 in back wages owed by this employer across 1 case.
How does Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME's safety record compare to industry average?
Westwood Cartage, Inc. 01114 Southern ME's total OSHA penalty of $0 is below the Transportation & Warehousing industry average of $6,129 per employer. The employer has 0 inspections compared to the industry average of 1.9 per employer. For a direct comparison, Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority in San Jose, CA is a similar transportation & warehousing employer with $50,970 in current penalties.
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.

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Every figure on PlainWorker is rendered directly from official U.S. Department of Labor OSHA and Wage & Hour Division enforcement records, no number is typed in by an editor. This employer's ratios (penalty-per-violation, industry comparisons) are computed live from the 0 inspections on record. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.