Public Administration · Yates Center, KS
Woodson County Sheriffs Office
According to the U.S. Department of Labor (2010–2026), the Wage and Hour Division recovered $2,736 in back wages owed to 1 affected worker across 1 wage-theft case.
- $0
- OSHA penalties
- 0
- Violations cited
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- OSHA inspections
- $2,736
- Back wages owed
Woodson County Sheriffs Office in Yates Center, KS 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 $2,736 in back wages owed to 1 affected worker. All enforcement data below is sourced from the DOL public enforcement databases at data.dol.gov.
Compliance score
- B Wage & hour compliance: $3K in back wages owed across 1 WHD case ($3K 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.
Woodson County Sheriffs Office in the Public Administration enforcement ledger
WHD back-wage recoveries in this sector place Woodson County Sheriffs Office at rank #416 of 501 employers ($2,736 owed). Woodson County Sheriffs Office carries no OSHA penalty in this extract but ranks #416 of 501 Public Administration employers on WHD back wages ($2,736).
How Woodson County Sheriffs Office Compares
Woodson County Sheriffs Office in Yates Center, KS 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, APEX Systems in Atlanta, GA has 0 OSHA inspections on record.
No OSHA penalty has been assessed against Woodson County Sheriffs Office to date. The Public Administration sector average runs $2,606 per employer.
Wage & Hour Findings
The Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found that Woodson County Sheriffs Office owed $2,736 in back wages to 1 employee across 1 case and 2 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: Public Administration
How Woodson County Sheriffs Office compares to the Public Administration sector, which has 9,693 employers tracked by PlainWorker.
| Metric | Woodson County Sheriffs Office | Industry Avg |
|---|---|---|
| Inspections | 0 | 3.2 |
| Violations | 0 | 6.4 |
| Total Penalty | $0 | $2,606 |
| Avg Penalty per Inspection | $0 | $827 |
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What to do with this record
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- Woodson County Sheriffs Office also carries $2,736 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.