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W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

HIGHWAY 19 NORTH, PHILADELPHIA, MS, 39350
Operated by The Yates Companies, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
236220Commercial and Institutional Building Construction
EIN 640429766

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OSHA inspections
1
over 40 years
Violations
1
Penalties
$0
$0 avg
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. has accumulated 1 OSHA violation across 1 inspection over 40 years of recorded history.

The establishment sits in the 38th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 15,465 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 12 years ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in EPA environmental compliance, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.0 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
1
0.0 / yr
Penalties
$0
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 1

100% 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. 1 distinct standard shown · 1 citation in this view.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1926.0602 A09 I11Jun 1986Jun 1986

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

38th

Below average violations in NAICS 2362 within MS. Peer group: 15,465 employers. This establishment has 1 OSHA violation; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
0th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
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
0.4
vs industry
−0.9
TRIR
0.4
vs industry
−1.8

Reported for 1,850 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
2.2
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.4
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
1

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 W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 12+ years. Most recent activity: 12 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

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

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 · $0 in backwages

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Jan 2012 – Nov 2013Commercial and Institutional Building Construction0

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)

Company-level in MS — for The Yates Companies, Inc, not this location alone

Violations
6
Assessed penalties
$616

Mine Safety & Health Administration — citations issued at mining operations. MSHA records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other The Yates Companies, Inc operations in the same state.

MSHA citations

Mine Safety and Health Administration citations. S&S (significant and substantial) marks violations that could reasonably contribute to a serious injury. Negligence rating is MSHA’s operator-culpability assessment (none, low, moderate, high, or reckless disregard). Proposed = assessed at issuance; Paid = post-settlement / appeal. 6 citations · 2S&S · 6 contractor · $616 proposed / $610 paid.

CitationMineDateSectionS&SNegligenceProposedPaid
6511496
Cotton Fields
Lowndes, MS
contractor: W. G. Yates & Son's Construction Co
Mar 2009YesModNegligence$108$108
6511494
Cotton Fields
Lowndes, MS
contractor: W. G. Yates & Son's Construction Co
Mar 2009YesModNegligence$108$108
6511498
Cotton Fields
Lowndes, MS
contractor: W. G. Yates & Son's Construction Co
Mar 2009NoModNegligence$100$94
6511497
Cotton Fields
Lowndes, MS
contractor: W. G. Yates & Son's Construction Co
Mar 2009NoModNegligence$100$100
6511495
Cotton Fields
Lowndes, MS
contractor: W. G. Yates & Son's Construction Co
Mar 2009NoModNegligence$100$100
6511493
Cotton Fields
Lowndes, MS
contractor: W. G. Yates & Son's Construction Co
Mar 2009NoModNegligence$100$100

Source: MSHA citation database. “Contractor” annotations indicate the cited party was on-site at the mine but not the mine’s operator -- responsibility attaches to the contractor LLC, not the mine’s owner. Section codes reference 30 CFR (the Mine Safety and Health regulations).

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MS — for The Yates Companies, Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other The Yates Companies, Inc locations in the same state.

NLRB cases

National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
15-CA-097297Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Mar 2013ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana
15-CA-094186Unfair labor practiceDec 2012Mar 2013ClosedRegion 15, New Orleans, Louisiana

Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
6
Certified
3
Avg wage ratio
1.12x
H-1B

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
445522
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$167.8M
Obligated (all-time)
$855.0M
Awards
66
Top agency
Department of Defense
$673.0M
Company-wide — THE YATES COMPANIES INC (across 6 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$250K
Obligated (all-time)
$753.9M
Awards (all-time)
72

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Top agencies by obligation (this location)
Department of Defense$673.0M
General Services Administration$180.9M
Department of Homeland Security$912K
Department of State$150K
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$5K

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 236220 - COMMERCIAL AND INSTITUTIONAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. Last action: 2026-06-03. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
1986-06-06Planned1$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization The Yates Companies, Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of The Yates Companies, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in commercial and institutional building construction within MS, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 The Yates Companies, Inc, which operates 2 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 W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.'s OSHA violation history?
W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 1 violation and $0 in total penalties.
How does W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. operates in the commercial and institutional building construction industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.2. W. G. YATES & SONS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 0.4 compared to an industry average of 1.3.