Industries › NAICS 443
Electronics and Appliance Stores
NAICS subsector 443. OSHA inspections, injury summaries, Wage and Hour cases and OFLC filings for employers classified in the subsector.
Electronics and Appliance Stores (NAICS 443) accounts for 328 OSHA inspections since 2016, 0% of all inspections, with $798K in current penalties ($2,432 per inspection; all industries $3,754).
Wage and Hour Division cases concluded in the industry number 827, with $6.2M in back wages agreed to pay. Employers in the industry filed 46 labor condition applications and 117 PERM applications in the fiscal years covered.
40 establishments reported 2025 injury summaries: a total recordable case rate of 5.3 per 100 full-time workers, above the 3.5 across all reporting establishments; the median reporting establishment has a rate of 1.3 (quartiles 0.0–4.4).
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 443 | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.5 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $2,432 | $3,754 |
| Share of all inspections | 0% | 100% |
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 40 |
| 1910.178 | Powered industrial trucks | 34 |
| OAR | — | 31 |
| 1910.157 | Portable fire extinguishers | 23 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 21 |
| 1910.37 | Maintenance, safeguards and operational features for exit routes | 21 |
| 1910.22 | Walking-working surfaces, general requirements | 16 |
| 1910.141 | Sanitation | 14 |
| 1910.305 | Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment | 13 |
| 1910.23 | Ladders | 9 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Best Buy Stores, L.P. | Tracy | 11 |
| Best Buy Stores LP | Olympia | 9 |
| Freds Appliance Inc | Spokane | 7 |
| A and A Quality Appliance, Inc. | Thornton | 5 |
| Best Buy Stores Puerto Rico LLC | San Juan | 5 |
| Facebook Technologies LLC | Redmond | 5 |
| Sage Sustainable Electronics | Columbus | 5 |
| Appliance Direct | Fruitland Park | 3 |
| Flexport, Inc. | San Francisco | 3 |
| Gamestop | Buffalo | 3 |
| Batteries Plus, LLC. | Hartland | 2 |
| Staples | Montgomery | 2 |
| AT&T | Attica | 1 |
| Atlanta Network Technologies, Inc. | Atlanta | 1 |
| Boost Mobile | Massillon | 1 |
| Cricket Wireless LLC | Fairview Heights | 1 |
| Don's Appliances | Pittsburgh | 1 |
| Metro Pcs | Florissant | 1 |
| Newegg, Inc. | Diamond Bar | 1 |
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 35 establishments with at least 20,000 hours worked; the pooled rate uses all 40 reporting establishments' hours and cases.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | Median establishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 64 | 11,755 | 556 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 |
| 2024 | 40 | 2,244 | 79 | 4.9 | 3.7 | 1.5 |
| 2025 | 40 | 2,530 | 83 | 5.3 | 2.8 | 1.3 |
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 | 11,704 | $5.9M |
| H-1B provisions | 55 | $296K |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 3,576 | $25K |
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 3 | $2,841 |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 33 | $0 |
| Consumer Credit Protection Act | 3 | $0 |
| Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act | 5 | $0 |
| Employee Polygraph Protection Act | 8 | $0 |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Boost Mobile | Massillon | $102,863 |
| Metro Pcs | Florissant | $56,888 |
| Cricket Wireless | Saint Petersburg | $52,834 |
| Mobile Support | Harrisburg | $50,564 |
| Cricket Wireless | Atlanta | $22,044 |
| I Net Software Technologies, Inc. | Irving | $16,828 |
| Wireless Vision | Tulsa | $11,692 |
| Cingular Wireless | Jacksonville | $9,429 |
| Don's Appliances | Pittsburgh | $8,913 |
| Cricket Wireless | Charlotte | $6,680 |
| Southern Star Inc. | Abilene | $5,646 |
| MetroPCS | Columbus | $3,074 |
| Sprint | Montgomery | $1,707 |
| Comporium | Rock Hill | $1,437 |
| Staples | Montgomery | $954 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flexport, Inc. | San Francisco | 67 |
| The Cellular Connection LLC | Fishers | 8 |
| Newegg, Inc. | Diamond Bar | 7 |
| International Products Sourcing Group, Inc. | Hilliard | 5 |
| KZE Group LLC | Houston | 4 |
| Conn Appliances, Inc. | The Woodlands | 3 |
| I Net Software Technologies, Inc. | Irving | 3 |
| Atlanta Network Technologies, Inc. | Atlanta | 2 |
| Citi Cellular LLC | Atlanta | 2 |
| VR Vertical LLC | Louisville | 2 |
| A and A Quality Appliance, Inc. | Thornton | 1 |
| Batteries Plus, LLC. | Hartland | 1 |
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 Electronics and Appliance Stores have the most OSHA inspections?
Best Buy Stores, L.P. (11), Best Buy Stores LP (9), Freds Appliance Inc (7)
What is the injury rate in Electronics and Appliance Stores?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a pooled total recordable case rate of 5.3 per 100 full-time workers; the median reporting establishment's rate is 1.3 with quartiles 0.0 to 4.4.
How many H-1B applications come from Electronics and Appliance Stores?
46 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026 and 117 PERM applications.
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Electronics and Appliance Stores?
$6,242,256 agreed to pay across 827 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.