Other · Bellingham, WA
Whatcom County Fire District 8
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $9,288 in back wages owed to 13 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
Whatcom County Fire District 8 in Bellingham, WA 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. 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.
Compliance score
- C Wage & hour compliance: $9K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($9K 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.
Whatcom County Fire District 8 in the Other enforcement ledger
On wage-and-hour enforcement alone, Whatcom County Fire District 8 ranks #1,068 among 2,155 Other employers with WHD recoveries ($9,288). Whatcom County Fire District 8 carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #1,068 of 2,155 Other employers on WHD back wages ($9,288).
How Whatcom County Fire District 8 Compares
Whatcom County Fire District 8 in Bellingham, WA 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, Hamilton County Fire Rescue in Jasper, FL has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Whatcom County Fire District 8 to date. The Other sector average runs $0 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Whatcom County Fire District 8 owed $9,288 in back wages to 13 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: Other
How Whatcom County Fire District 8 compares to the Other sector, which has 2,225 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Whatcom County Fire District 8 | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 0.1 |
| Violations | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $0 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $3 |
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What to do with this record
Use Whatcom County Fire District 8's enforcement history as one data point, not the whole picture.
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- Whatcom County Fire District 8 also carries $9,288 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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