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TOWN OF WAKE FOREST

401 ELM AVENUE, WAKE FOREST, NC, 27587
Operated by Town of Wake Forest · 1 of 8 establishments
923130Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs)

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OSHA inspections
4
over 28 years
Violations
32
$2,089 in penalties
Penalties
$2,089
$65 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

TOWN OF WAKE FOREST has accumulated 32 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 28 years of recorded history, with $2,089 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 93 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 16 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

TOWN OF WAKE FOREST appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
4
0.1 / yr · last 28 yrs
Violations
32
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$2,089
$65 avg / violation
16% serious84% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 4
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 4

50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,

Most-cited OSHA standards

Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 21 citations in this view · $2,089 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 9501.290121$288Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 C0111$875Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1926.0021 B0211$613Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0132 D0211$313Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 F01 IIIB11Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 G01 I11Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 G0311Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 J0211Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 J04 IV11Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 M0311Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0119 N11Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0111Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0132 F0411Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0038 A0111Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0134 B1011Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0145 C0311Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0146 C0211Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0178 G1111Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0212 B11Feb 1998Feb 1998

Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.

Peer comparison

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 9231 within NC. Peer group: 93 employers. This establishment has 32 OSHA violations; peer median is 0.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
87th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
97th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
9.9
vs industry
+6.8
TRIR
14.9
vs industry
+8.5

Reported for 25 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
6.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
14.9
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
2
Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for TOWN OF WAKE FOREST. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
16 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 16+ years. Most recent activity: 16 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$2,319
Employees affected
2

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 3 violations · $2,319 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeApr 2006132$2,319

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 3 violations · $2,319 in backwages · 2 workers affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Apr 2004 – Apr 2006Other Local Governmental FacilitiesFLSA32$2,319

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for TOWN OF WAKE FOREST. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for TOWN OF WAKE FOREST. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for TOWN OF WAKE FOREST. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Unknown.

EPA-registered facilities

Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 2 facilities · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
TOWN OF WAKE FOREST
401 ELM AVENUE · WAKE FOREST, NC, 27587
WaterUnknown10Dec 2021View →
TOWN OF WAKE FOREST
1143 WAIT AVENUE · WAKE FOREST, NC, 27587
Water00Jun 2012View →

Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for TOWN OF WAKE FOREST. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2009-08-10Referral0$0
2007-09-20Planned0$0
1999-12-15Referral1$613
1997-10-28Planned315$1,476

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

TOWN OF WAKE FOREST is one of 8 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Town of Wake Forest.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Town of Wake Forest across all 8 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in administration of human resource programs (except education, public health, and veterans' affairs programs) within NC, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Town of Wake Forest, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on TOWN OF WAKE FOREST from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup Town of Wake Forest, which operates 8 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

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Frequently asked

What is TOWN OF WAKE FOREST's OSHA violation history?
TOWN OF WAKE FOREST has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 32 violations and $2,089 in total penalties.
How does TOWN OF WAKE FOREST's safety record compare to its industry?
TOWN OF WAKE FOREST operates in the administration of human resource programs (except education, public health, and veterans' affairs programs) industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 6.4. TOWN OF WAKE FOREST's self-reported DART rate is 9.95 compared to an industry average of 3.1.