Industries › NAICS 444
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers
NAICS subsector 444. OSHA inspections, injury summaries, Wage and Hour cases and OFLC filings for employers classified in the subsector.
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers (NAICS 444) accounts for 4,996 OSHA inspections since 2016, 0.6% of all inspections, with $14M in current penalties ($2,734 per inspection; all industries $3,754).
Wage and Hour Division cases concluded in the industry number 1,501, with $11M in back wages agreed to pay. Employers in the industry filed 1,675 labor condition applications and 575 PERM applications in the fiscal years covered.
9,943 establishments reported 2025 injury summaries: a total recordable case rate of 4.4 per 100 full-time workers, above the 3.5 across all reporting establishments; the median reporting establishment has a rate of 3.6 (quartiles 0.0–7.6).
All employers in this subsector
All employers in Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers: 199 records. The A to Z list names every employer in the subsector that has a page.
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 444 | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $2,734 | $3,754 |
| Share of all inspections | 1% | 100% |
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.178 | Powered industrial trucks | 914 |
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 685 |
| 1910.305 | Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment | 400 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 355 |
| OAR | — | 271 |
| 1910.157 | Portable fire extinguishers | 260 |
| 1910.37 | Maintenance, safeguards and operational features for exit routes | 207 |
| 1910.134 | Respiratory protection | 191 |
| 1910.28 | Duty to have fall protection and falling object protection | 185 |
| 1910.132 | Personal protective equipment, general requirements | 179 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Amazon Web Services, Inc. | San Francisco | 97 |
| The Home Depot | San Diego | 82 |
| The Home Depot | Tacoma | 79 |
| Lowes Home Centers LLC | Seattle | 42 |
| The Home Depot | Baltimore | 35 |
| The Home Depot | Miami | 30 |
| Katerra Inc | Lacey | 23 |
| Menards | Plano | 21 |
| Menards | Saginaw | 18 |
| The Home Depot | Livonia | 18 |
| The Home Depot | Chicago | 17 |
| Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Dickson City | 15 |
| Probuild Company LLC | Arlington | 15 |
| The Home Depot | Danvers | 15 |
| The Home Depot | Bridgewater | 15 |
| The Home Depot | Houston | 15 |
| The Home Depot | Alexandria | 15 |
| Bfs Group LLC | Port Orchard | 14 |
| Home Depot Management Company LLC | Atlanta | 14 |
| Menards | Holiday City | 13 |
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 7,123 establishments with at least 20,000 hours worked; the pooled rate uses all 9,943 reporting establishments' hours and cases.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | Median establishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11,217 | 747,143 | 26,669 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
| 2024 | 13,016 | 1,240,758 | 30,479 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.6 |
| 2025 | 9,943 | 706,485 | 16,262 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
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 | 12,572 | $10.0M |
| H-2A provisions | 850 | $250K |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 1,148 | $146K |
| Service Contract Act | 153 | $117K |
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 142 | $102K |
| H-2B provisions | 90 | $21K |
| Employee Polygraph Protection Act | 6 | $15K |
| Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act | 51 | $3,696 |
| Consumer Credit Protection Act | 4 | $377 |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 395 | $0 |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| The Home Depot | Chicago | $920,940 |
| Tree of Life Nursery | Weslaco | $46,452 |
| Drexel Building Supply | Campbellsport | $33,683 |
| Florida Commercial Care, Inc. | Jacksonville | $26,961 |
| Cape Cod Lumber Co., Inc. | Abington | $25,373 |
| Eikenhout Inc | Traverse City | $16,351 |
| MG Building Materials, Ltd. | San Antonio | $15,770 |
| Lowe's Home Centers, LLC | Birmingham | $12,458 |
| The Home Depot | Phoenix | $11,770 |
| The Home Depot | Bridgewater | $11,202 |
| The Home Depot | Madison | $10,321 |
| Strate Welding Supply | Buffalo | $10,204 |
| Tractor Supply Company | Waco | $9,135 |
| The Home Depot | Alexandria | $9,076 |
| The Home Depot | Danvers | $8,535 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Home Depot Management Company LLC | Atlanta | 629 |
| Lowe's Companies, Inc. | Mooresville | 619 |
| Tractor Supply Company | Brentwood | 99 |
| TechCorp Solutions Inc. | San Francisco | 20 |
| Budderfly, Inc | Shelton | 14 |
| Foundation Building Materials LLC | Santa Ana | 11 |
| Wells Plumbing and Heating Supplies, Inc. | Chicago | 11 |
| Ray of Eden LLC | O'Fallon | 10 |
| Everymarket Inc | O Fallon | 7 |
| Nutrien US LLC | Loveland | 7 |
| Astra Surfaces LLC | Linden | 6 |
| Lusso Inc | San Jose | 6 |
| The Tile Shop | Plymouth | 5 |
| Adir International LLC | Los Angeles | 4 |
| Vego Innovations, Inc. | Tomball | 4 |
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 Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers have the most OSHA inspections?
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (97), The Home Depot (82), The Home Depot (79)
What is the injury rate in Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a pooled total recordable case rate of 4.4 per 100 full-time workers; the median reporting establishment's rate is 3.6 with quartiles 0.0 to 7.6.
How many H-1B applications come from Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers?
1,675 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026 and 575 PERM applications.
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers?
$10,749,486 agreed to pay across 1,501 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.