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Specialty Trade Contractors
NAICS subsector 238. OSHA inspections, injury summaries, Wage and Hour cases and OFLC filings for employers classified in the subsector.
Specialty Trade Contractors (NAICS 238) accounts for 222,184 OSHA inspections since 2016, 28.7% of all inspections, with $1.0B in current penalties ($4,555 per inspection; all industries $3,754).
Wage and Hour Division cases concluded in the industry number 27,758, with $430M in back wages agreed to pay. Employers in the industry filed 2,089 labor condition applications and 3,050 PERM applications in the fiscal years covered.
21,098 establishments reported 2025 injury summaries: a total recordable case rate of 2.3 per 100 full-time workers, below the 3.5 across all reporting establishments; the median reporting establishment has a rate of 1.4 (quartiles 0.0–4.3).
All employers in this subsector
All employers in Specialty Trade Contractors: 7,532 records. The A to Z list names every employer in the subsector that has a page.
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OSHA inspections and citations
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
| Measure | NAICS 238 | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 2.0 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $4,555 | $3,754 |
| Share of all inspections | 29% | 100% |
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1926.501 | Duty to have fall protection | 81,193 |
| 1926.1053 | Ladders | 33,921 |
| 1926.451 | Scaffolds, general requirements | 33,215 |
| 1926.503 | Training requirements (fall protection) | 30,758 |
| 1926.102 | Eye and face protection | 21,491 |
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 15,523 |
| 1926.20 | General safety and health provisions | 13,462 |
| 1926.100 | Head protection | 12,562 |
| 1926.502 | Fall protection systems criteria and practices | 9,658 |
| 1926.453 | Aerial lifts | 7,322 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Mayfields Hoisting Service Inc | Seattle | 80 |
| Barnhart Crane and Rigging LLC | Richland | 69 |
| Ness & Campbell Crane Inc | Seattle | 68 |
| Seaburg Construction Corp | Seattle | 68 |
| J & J Clearing & Demolition, Inc. | Norfolk | 58 |
| Garner Construction Inc | Seattle | 54 |
| Sshi LLC | Puyallup | 45 |
| Top Shelf Cranes Inc | Seattle | 42 |
| Snell Crane Service Inc | Tacoma | 39 |
| East Coast Abatement Company, Inc. | Norfolk | 38 |
| DHE Plumbing & Mechanical | Grandville | 36 |
| Ritsema Associates | Grandville | 36 |
| Bouma Corporation | Grand Rapids | 35 |
| Maxim Crane Works LP | Seattle | 32 |
| Solgen Power | Fife | 32 |
| Blue Star Inc | Warren | 30 |
| Largo Concrete, Inc. | Tustin | 30 |
| R.W. LaPine, Inc. | Kalamazoo | 30 |
| United Electrical Contractors, Inc | Lansing | 30 |
| Varney, Inc. | Roanoke | 30 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Injuries Form 300A summaries
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers.
Injury-rate distribution, 2025
Total recordable case rates across 18,973 establishments with at least 20,000 hours worked; the pooled rate uses all 21,098 reporting establishments' hours and cases.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | Median establishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 22,865 | 2,981,524 | 47,300 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 2024 | 22,213 | 2,195,887 | 43,562 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 21,098 | 2,574,593 | 39,053 | 2.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 |
Labor Wage and Hour Division
Concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 298,138 | $234M |
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 95,012 | $170M |
| Service Contract Act | 9,186 | $7.3M |
| H-2B provisions | 2,927 | $3.7M |
| H-1B provisions | 55 | $617K |
| H-2A provisions | 204 | $532K |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 24,656 | $480K |
| Copeland Act | 214 | $230K |
| Consumer Credit Protection Act | 13 | $2,698 |
| Employee Polygraph Protection Act | 31 | $264 |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Desert Plastering,LLC | N Las Vegas | $1,648,811 |
| Rosales Masonry Company, LLC. | Springfield | $1,295,553 |
| Hays Electrical Services | Houston | $1,250,823 |
| Progressive Technologies Inc | Memphis | $1,198,687 |
| Manganaro Midatlantic, LLC | Bethesda | $1,105,412 |
| Helix Electric | Goodyear | $996,501 |
| Citadel Roofing and Solar | Vacaville | $845,090 |
| B&D Industries | Albuquerque | $721,863 |
| Precon Marine Inc | Chesapeake | $671,659 |
| Thunder Electrical Contractors Inc | Miami | $663,659 |
| V & P Altitude Corp. | New York City | $659,460 |
| Lowery Pena Construction | Oroville | $634,527 |
| Lighthouse Electric Company, Inc. | Canonsburg | $625,808 |
| Saddleback Roofing, Inc. | Anaheim | $616,652 |
| C&E Stone Masonry | Woods Cross | $602,745 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Immigration OFLC labor condition applications and PERM
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Data through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B applications by fiscal year
PERM applications by fiscal year
Employers with the most H-1B applications
| Employer | City | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Honeywell International Inc. | Charlotte | 343 |
| York International Corporation | Milwaukee | 49 |
| Sunrun, Inc. | San Francisco | 42 |
| Knapp Inc. | Kennesaw | 32 |
| MMR Constructors, Inc. | Baton Rouge | 30 |
| Baker Concrete Construction, Inc. | Houston | 24 |
| Kinden Corporation | Tamuning | 19 |
| Traylor Bros., Inc. | Evansville | 19 |
| California Pacific Technical Services, LLC | Tamuning | 18 |
| Accelevation, LLC | Miamisburg | 16 |
| Performance Contracting, Inc | Lenexa | 16 |
| Reflection Window Company, LLC | Chicago | 16 |
| TK Elevator Corporation | Atlanta | 16 |
| Keller North America, Inc. | Hanover | 15 |
| Structural Technologies, LLC | Columbia | 15 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Questions and answers
Which employers in Specialty Trade Contractors have the most OSHA inspections?
Mayfields Hoisting Service Inc (80), Barnhart Crane and Rigging LLC (69), Ness & Campbell Crane Inc (68)
What is the injury rate in Specialty Trade Contractors?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a pooled total recordable case rate of 2.3 per 100 full-time workers; the median reporting establishment's rate is 1.4 with quartiles 0.0 to 4.3.
How many H-1B applications come from Specialty Trade Contractors?
2,089 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026 and 3,050 PERM applications.
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Specialty Trade Contractors?
$430,316,832 agreed to pay across 27,758 concluded cases since fiscal year 2005.
Industry is the NAICS code on each record (the most common code where an employer's sources differ), grouped at the three-digit subsector. Sources: DOL enforcement data, OSHA ITA, OFLC disclosure data; see data sources and methodology.