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Miscellaneous Store Retailers
NAICS subsector 453. OSHA inspections, injury summaries, Wage and Hour cases and OFLC filings for employers classified in the subsector.
Miscellaneous Store Retailers (NAICS 453) accounts for 3,144 OSHA inspections since 2016, 0.4% of all inspections, with $13M in current penalties ($4,031 per inspection; all industries $3,754).
Wage and Hour Division cases concluded in the industry number 3,221, with $16M in back wages agreed to pay. Employers in the industry filed 226 labor condition applications and 477 PERM applications in the fiscal years covered.
2,090 establishments reported 2025 injury summaries: a total recordable case rate of 4.2 per 100 full-time workers, close to the 3.5 across all reporting establishments; the median reporting establishment has a rate of 3.9 (quartiles 0.0–8.1).
All employers in this subsector
All employers in Miscellaneous Store Retailers: 140 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 453 | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $4,031 | $3,754 |
| Share of all inspections | 0% | 100% |
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 429 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 293 |
| OAR | — | 245 |
| 1910.37 | Maintenance, safeguards and operational features for exit routes | 244 |
| 1910.305 | Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment | 210 |
| 1910.178 | Powered industrial trucks | 205 |
| 1910.157 | Portable fire extinguishers | 163 |
| 1910.22 | Walking-working surfaces, general requirements | 156 |
| 1910.134 | Respiratory protection | 128 |
| 1910.36 | Design and construction requirements for exit routes | 115 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington | Seattle | 26 |
| Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region | Centralia | 25 |
| Caribbean Retail Ventures Inc | Caguas | 24 |
| Goodwill Industries of Sacramento Valley & Northern Nevada, Inc. | Sacramento | 17 |
| Seattle Goodwill Industries | Seattle | 13 |
| The Salvation Army | Redding | 12 |
| Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc | Bellingham | 11 |
| Staples | Ontario | 11 |
| Dollar Tree Stores, Inc. | Alpharetta | 9 |
| Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee | Nashville | 9 |
| Goodwill Industries of San Joaquin Valley, Inc. | Stockton | 9 |
| Petsmart LLC | Dublin | 8 |
| Goodwill Industries of the Valleys | Roanoke | 7 |
| Goodwill of Colorado | Denver | 7 |
| Goodwill Industries of Southern California | Los Angeles | 6 |
| Goodwill Industries | Spokane | 6 |
| Petsmart Inc | Burlington | 6 |
| Petsmart | Woodbridge | 6 |
| Shorewood Liquidators, Inc. | Shorewood | 6 |
| Arc Thrift Stores | Denver | 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 1,623 establishments with at least 20,000 hours worked; the pooled rate uses all 2,090 reporting establishments' hours and cases.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | Median establishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,930 | 95,817 | 2,880 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
| 2024 | 2,038 | 94,646 | 2,689 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
| 2025 | 2,090 | 96,192 | 2,796 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
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 | 28,252 | $15M |
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 71 | $778K |
| Service Contract Act | 166 | $194K |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 6,738 | $96K |
| H-1B provisions | 4 | $57K |
| Employee Polygraph Protection Act | 57 | $14K |
| H-2B provisions | 11 | $6,246 |
| Consumer Credit Protection Act | 2 | $3,334 |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 650 | $0 |
| FLSA section 14(c) subminimum wage | 241 | $0 |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee | Nashville | $76,538 |
| Midwest Cellular | Springfield | $69,122 |
| AT&T Corp. | Nashville | $65,391 |
| Smoke To Live | San Antonio | $60,670 |
| Inmar, Inc. | Winston Salem | $52,769 |
| Petco | Clovis | $50,561 |
| Supernova Smoke Shop | San Antonio | $42,182 |
| Cricket Wireless | Port Jefferson Station | $40,371 |
| Opportunity Village Arc | Las Vegas | $31,953 |
| Cellairis | Columbus | $30,852 |
| Goodwill Industries of the Columbia, Inc | Pasco | $28,848 |
| Goodwill | Saint Petersburg | $28,663 |
| Arc Thrift Store | Lakewood | $18,670 |
| Warehouse Rack Company, LP | San Antonio | $16,862 |
| Vapor World | Rogers | $15,515 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Staples, Inc. | Framingham | 260 |
| Petco Animal Supplies Stores, Inc. | San Antonio | 56 |
| PetSmart LLC | Phoenix | 48 |
| Inmar, Inc. | Winston Salem | 30 |
| Sotheby’s, Inc. | New York | 17 |
| The Paradies Shops, LLC d/b/a Paradies Lagardere Travel Retail | Atlanta | 4 |
| SAI Investments LLC | Ketchikan | 3 |
| 2nd Street USA, Inc. | Los Angeles | 2 |
| District Council of Madison, Inc., Society of St. Vincent de Paul | Madison | 2 |
| Fireworks Galleries LLC | Seattle | 2 |
| Fivezeds Inc | Glenview | 2 |
| Glassical Designs, LLC | Colorado Springs | 2 |
| Goldbelly Inc. | New York | 2 |
| Golden Mermaid, Inc. | Philadelphia | 2 |
| Goodwill of Central and Northern Arizona | Phoenix | 2 |
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 Miscellaneous Store Retailers have the most OSHA inspections?
Evergreen Goodwill of Northwest Washington (26), Goodwill of the Olympics & Rainier Region (25), Caribbean Retail Ventures Inc (24)
What is the injury rate in Miscellaneous Store Retailers?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a pooled total recordable case rate of 4.2 per 100 full-time workers; the median reporting establishment's rate is 3.9 with quartiles 0.0 to 8.1.
How many H-1B applications come from Miscellaneous Store Retailers?
226 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026 and 477 PERM applications.
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Miscellaneous Store Retailers?
$16,092,242 agreed to pay across 3,221 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.