Industries › NAICS 448
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores
NAICS subsector 448. OSHA inspections, injury summaries, Wage and Hour cases and OFLC filings for employers classified in the subsector.
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores (NAICS 448) accounts for 1,515 OSHA inspections since 2016, 0.2% of all inspections, with $3.0M in current penalties ($1,973 per inspection; all industries $3,754).
Wage and Hour Division cases concluded in the industry number 2,051, with $10.0M in back wages agreed to pay. Employers in the industry filed 676 labor condition applications and 491 PERM applications in the fiscal years covered.
189 establishments reported 2025 injury summaries: a total recordable case rate of 2.8 per 100 full-time workers, below the 3.5 across all reporting establishments; the median reporting establishment has a rate of 0.5 (quartiles 0.0–7.5).
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 448 | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.3 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $1,973 | $3,754 |
| Share of all inspections | 0% | 100% |
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 181 |
| 1910.37 | Maintenance, safeguards and operational features for exit routes | 150 |
| OAR | — | 127 |
| 1910.157 | Portable fire extinguishers | 118 |
| 1910.36 | Design and construction requirements for exit routes | 112 |
| 1910.305 | Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment | 103 |
| 1910.22 | Walking-working surfaces, general requirements | 99 |
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 85 |
| 1910.23 | Ladders | 66 |
| 1904 | — | 59 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Me Salve Isabela Inc | Cabo Rojo | 24 |
| Me Salve Rio Piedras Inc | Caguas | 19 |
| National Stores Inc. | Yuba City | 15 |
| Ross Dress for Less Inc | Puyallup | 12 |
| Ross Stores, Inc. | Dublin | 9 |
| The New 579 and Beyond Inc | Ponce | 9 |
| Watson Apparel Co., LLC | Norfolk | 8 |
| Forever 21 | Anaheim | 7 |
| Jk Boots Inc | Spokane Valley | 7 |
| The Tjx Companies, Inc. | Savannah | 7 |
| Pegasus Trucking, LLC | Sacramento | 6 |
| Urban Outfitters, Inc. | Philadelphia | 6 |
| Distribuidora Lequar Inc | Manati | 5 |
| Novus Inc | San Juan | 5 |
| Republic Retailers Inc | Honolulu | 5 |
| Rodriguez Vidal Corp | Carolina | 5 |
| Samsonite Company Stores LLC | Waipahu | 5 |
| The Tjx Companies, Inc. | Dayville | 5 |
| The Tjx Companies, Inc. | Rochester | 5 |
| Tiendas LA Gloria Inc | Santa Isabel | 5 |
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 108 establishments with at least 20,000 hours worked; the pooled rate uses all 189 reporting establishments' hours and cases.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | Median establishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 461 | 81,504 | 525 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 403 | 20,779 | 486 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 0.2 |
| 2025 | 189 | 14,525 | 321 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.5 |
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 | 36,538 | $9.5M |
| Service Contract Act | 53 | $230K |
| H-1B provisions | 9 | $127K |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 12,918 | $87K |
| Consumer Credit Protection Act | 1 | $316 |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 789 | $0 |
| Employee Polygraph Protection Act | 9 | $0 |
| FLSA section 14(c) subminimum wage | 172 | $0 |
| Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act | 5 | $0 |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Sterling Jewelers Inc. | Akron | $1,291,069 |
| Village Mart | Memphis | $108,458 |
| Goodwill Industries of North Georgia, Inc. | Jonesboro | $76,215 |
| Land of Lincoln Goodwill Industries | Springfield | $36,554 |
| Kidstown | Bronx | $26,200 |
| Aqua-Leisure Industries, Inc. | Avon | $14,539 |
| Army Barracks, Inc. | Salem | $6,514 |
| Value World Inc | Detroit | $757 |
| Hawaiian Accessories, Inc. | Honolulu | $668 |
| Goodwill Services Inc. | Richmond | $459 |
| Ross Dress for Less Incorporated | Roanoke | $402 |
| Goodwill of Southwestern Pennsylvania | Pittsburgh | $366 |
| Hollister | Paramus | $157 |
| goodwill industries of kansas | Wichita | $75 |
| Pacsun LLC | Anaheim | $42 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ralph Lauren Corporation | Nutley | 85 |
| Abercrombie & Fitch Management Co. | New Albany | 71 |
| lululemon usa inc. | Seattle | 69 |
| Levi Strauss & Co. | San Francisco | 61 |
| MAST Technology Services, Inc. | Reynoldsburg | 60 |
| Tapestry, Inc. | New York | 57 |
| Urban Outfitters, Inc. | Philadelphia | 52 |
| Tiffany & Co. | New York | 44 |
| Sterling Jewelers Inc. | Akron | 31 |
| Stitch Fix, Inc. | San Francisco | 31 |
| Neiman Marcus Group LLC | Dallas | 26 |
| Tory Burch, LLC | New York | 22 |
| Premium Brands Services, LLC | Pataskala | 21 |
| Zale Delaware, Inc. | Akron | 20 |
| J. Crew Group, LLC | New York | 17 |
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 Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores have the most OSHA inspections?
Me Salve Isabela Inc (24), Me Salve Rio Piedras Inc (19), National Stores Inc. (15)
What is the injury rate in Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a pooled total recordable case rate of 2.8 per 100 full-time workers; the median reporting establishment's rate is 0.5 with quartiles 0.0 to 7.5.
How many H-1B applications come from Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores?
676 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026 and 491 PERM applications.
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores?
$9,978,655 agreed to pay across 2,051 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.