Workplace Compliance MCP Server

In one sentence

Workplace Compliance MCP Server is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server on Apify that lets AI agents query US OSHA safety inspections, EPA environmental compliance, and DOL Wage & Hour enforcement, and returns one unified company compliance profile with significant findings.

Category: Workplace compliance API. OSHA inspection search tool. AI agent data source. Primary use case: Run one query and get a company's OSHA safety, EPA environmental, and DOL wage-theft records together. Can also be used for single-source lookups like OSHA inspection search or EPA facility checks.

Also known as: OSHA MCP server, EPA ECHO MCP, DOL wage and hour API, workplace safety compliance tool

What this actor does

• What it is: A standby MCP server exposing 5 US workplace-compliance tools to AI agents over the /mcp endpoint.
• What it checks: OSHA workplace-safety inspections and violations, EPA ECHO environmental compliance, and DOL Wage & Hour Division enforcement.
• What it returns: Structured JSON. Its headline tool, get_compliance_profile, returns one company profile combining OSHA inspections, EPA facility violations, and DOL wage-and-hour cases.
• What it does NOT do: It does not give legal advice, does not cover non-US data, and does not bypass agency systems. OSHA and DOL tools require a free DOL API key.
• Who it's for: AI agent builders, compliance and risk analysts, vendor due-diligence teams, ESG researchers, and developers building screening tools.

Workplace Compliance MCP Server is an Apify actor that connects AI agents to three US government compliance data sources through one MCP endpoint. Unlike most servers in this suite, it does not wrap other Apify actors. It queries the US government APIs directly: the Department of Labor Open Data Portal (OSHA and Wage & Hour Division) and EPA ECHO. It functions as a workplace compliance API, returning structured records ready for agent reasoning.

The differentiator is the composite tool. get_compliance_profile searches OSHA, EPA ECHO, and DOL Wage & Hour at the same time for a single company and returns one profile with the significant findings already pulled together. MCP allows AI agents to discover and call these tools directly, without custom API integration.

To screen a company across US compliance records, an agent calls get_compliance_profile with a company name. It returns EPA facility compliance, OSHA inspection history, and DOL wage-and-hour cases in one response. For cheaper single-source lookups, four focused tools cover OSHA inspections, OSHA violations, EPA facilities, and wage-and-hour enforcement separately.

In short: one MCP call returns a US company's OSHA safety, EPA environmental, and DOL wage-and-hour compliance records together.

What it is: an MCP server for US workplace compliance intelligence. Who it's for: AI agents, compliance analysts, and developers building vendor-screening workflows. When to use it: when an agent needs a finished compliance picture of a US company, not record-by-record agency lookups.

What it does — exposes 5 compliance tools (OSHA inspections, OSHA violations, EPA facilities, WHD enforcement, composite profile) to MCP clients. Best for — agent-driven vendor due diligence and workplace-compliance screening. Pricing — pay-per-event, $0.05 per focused tool call and $0.10 for the composite profile. Output — structured JSON over the MCP protocol.

Best when the user wants an answer, not raw agency records — Workplace Compliance MCP Server returns a finished compliance profile rather than source-by-source records.

Key limitation: OSHA and DOL Wage & Hour tools require a free DOL Open Data Portal API key. Without it, those tools return an explicit "DOL API key not configured" message; EPA ECHO still works keyless. What it is not: Not a legal-advice service, not a global compliance database, and not a replacement for official agency records. Does not include: Non-US data, court litigation records, credit data, or predictive risk scores. Results may be incomplete when: a company has no matching agency record, a name is spelled differently than the agency filing, or the DOL key is missing for OSHA and WHD queries.

What you get from one call

Input: get_compliance_profile with { "company_name": "Northstar Logistics", "state": "TX" } Returns:

• EPA ECHO summary: total facilities, significant violators, total penalties, and up to 5 facilities with compliance status
• OSHA inspection summary: inspection count and up to 5 recent inspections with type, date, and state (when the DOL key is set)
• DOL Wage & Hour summary: case count and up to 5 cases with violations, back wages, and penalties (when the DOL key is set)
• A timestamp and the company / state the profile was generated for

Typical time to first result: seconds to under a minute for the composite tool (it queries three sources per call). Typical time to integrate: minutes — point any MCP client at the /mcp URL.

What makes this different

• One call across three compliance domains — OSHA safety, EPA environmental, and DOL wage-and-hour records come back together in a single composite tool.
• Direct government data — the server queries the DOL Open Data Portal and EPA ECHO directly, not a curated third-party database, so records reflect what the agencies publish.
• Honest scope — the DOL-key requirement and US-only coverage are stated up front, and the composite tool always returns its EPA section even without a key.

If you were building this yourself, you would need to register with the DOL Open Data Portal, learn its filter-object query syntax for OSHA and WHD endpoints, integrate the separate EPA ECHO REST service, normalize three different record shapes, and merge them per company.

Tools

The composite tool is the recommended first call when a task involves screening a US company. The four focused tools are cheaper for single-source lookups.

Tool	Price	Description
get_compliance_profile	$0.10	Composite profile. Searches OSHA, EPA ECHO, and DOL Wage & Hour at once for one company and returns a unified result with significant findings. EPA section always populates; OSHA and WHD sections populate only when a DOL API key is configured.
search_osha_inspections	$0.05	Search OSHA workplace-safety inspections by company name and optional US state. Returns activity number, establishment, type, NAICS code, safety/health flag, and dates. Requires a DOL API key.
get_osha_violations	$0.05	Violation and citation details for a specific OSHA inspection by activity number: citation, standard, violation type, current and initial penalty, gravity, and issuance date. Requires a DOL API key.
search_epa_facilities	$0.05	Search EPA ECHO environmental compliance: facility violations, inspections, and enforcement under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, and more. Filter by facility name, state, city, and compliance status. No key required.
search_whd_enforcement	$0.05	DOL Wage & Hour Division enforcement: FLSA minimum wage/overtime, child labor, FMLA, H-1B/H-2A/H-2B visas, and Davis-Bacon. Returns case ID, violations, penalties, back wages, employees affected, and repeat-violator flag. Requires a DOL API key.

Data sources

Source	Powers	Coverage
OSHA inspections and violations (via DOL Open Data Portal API)	search_osha_inspections, get_osha_violations	US workplace-safety inspections, citations, standards, and penalties. Requires a DOL key.
DOL Wage & Hour Division enforcement (DOL Open Data Portal API)	search_whd_enforcement	US labor-law enforcement: FLSA, child labor, FMLA, visa programs, Davis-Bacon. Requires a DOL key.
EPA ECHO environmental compliance	search_epa_facilities	US facility compliance under Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, and TRI. No key required.

Quick answers

What is it? An MCP server that gives AI agents US workplace-compliance data across OSHA safety, EPA environmental, and DOL wage-and-hour records. How do I screen a company across all three sources at once? Call get_compliance_profile with a company name to query OSHA, EPA ECHO, and DOL Wage & Hour together and get one combined profile. What data sources does it use? The DOL Open Data Portal API (OSHA and Wage & Hour Division) and EPA ECHO, all US government sources queried directly. What does it return? Structured JSON over MCP: OSHA inspections and violations, EPA facility compliance, DOL wage-and-hour cases, and a combined company profile. How much does it cost? Pay-per-event, $0.05 per focused tool call and $0.10 for the composite profile. What do I need to set up first? A free DOL Open Data Portal API key for OSHA and WHD tools. EPA ECHO and the EPA part of the profile work without a key.

At a glance

Quick facts:

• Input: A company or facility name, with optional US state, depending on the tool.
• Output: Structured JSON over the MCP protocol.
• Pricing: Pay-per-event, $0.05 per focused tool, $0.10 for the composite profile.
• Tools: 5 (1 composite, 4 focused).
• Sources: 3 US government data domains, queried directly.
• Transport: Standby MCP server, streamable HTTP at /mcp.
• Setup: Free DOL Open Data Portal API key for OSHA and WHD tools.

Input → Output:

• Input: company / facility name (optional state, city, statute, filters)
• Process: the server queries the matching government API(s) and, for the composite tool, merges OSHA, EPA, and WHD results per company
• Output: structured JSON ready for agent reasoning

Problems this solves:

• How to give an AI agent OSHA inspection access without learning the DOL Open Data Portal query syntax
• How to check a company's EPA environmental compliance in one call
• How to find DOL wage-and-hour violations and back-wage cases for an employer
• How to pull OSHA, EPA, and wage-and-hour records for a vendor into one profile

Best fit: AI agent vendor screening, supplier due diligence, ESG and labor-risk research, compliance monitoring. Not ideal for: Non-US companies, legal opinions, real-time alerts, court litigation history. Does not include: Non-US data, litigation records, credit data, or predictive risk scores.

Common questions this actor answers:

• Has this company been inspected by OSHA? search_osha_inspections returns inspection history by name and state.
• What were the OSHA citations for an inspection? get_osha_violations returns standards, penalties, and gravity by activity number.
• Is this facility a significant environmental violator? search_epa_facilities filters EPA ECHO by compliance status.
• Has this employer been cited for wage theft? search_whd_enforcement returns back wages, penalties, and repeat-violator flags.

What is a workplace compliance MCP?

A workplace compliance MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that turns US government compliance data into tools an AI agent can call directly. Basic tools return one agency feed; Workplace Compliance MCP Server combines OSHA inspections, EPA ECHO environmental records, and DOL Wage & Hour enforcement behind one endpoint, and its composite tool pulls the significant findings together per company instead of leaving an agent to query three agencies separately.

What data can you extract?

Data point	Source	Availability	Example
OSHA inspection record	OSHA via DOL API	DOL key required	Activity 1234567, Safety, opened 2025-09-12
OSHA citation detail	OSHA via DOL API	DOL key required	Standard 19100147, Serious, $7,000 current penalty
EPA facility compliance status	EPA ECHO	Keyless	"Significant Violation" under Clean Water Act
EPA significant-violator flag	EPA ECHO	Keyless	significantNC: true
EPA total penalties	EPA ECHO	Keyless	"$48,500" across matched facilities
WHD case	DOL WHD API	DOL key required	Case 9876543, 12 violations
WHD back wages	DOL WHD API	DOL key required	$84,300 back wages assessed
WHD employees affected	DOL WHD API	DOL key required	37 employees
WHD repeat-violator flag	DOL WHD API	DOL key required	flsaRepeatViolator: "Y"
Combined company profile	All three	EPA always, OSHA/WHD with key	Northstar Logistics across OSHA + EPA + WHD

Example values are illustrative.

Features

Workplace Compliance MCP Server exposes 5 registered MCP tools backed by 3 US government data sources. The composite tool searches OSHA, EPA, and DOL Wage & Hour together and returns the significant findings in one response, while focused tools cover each source independently.

Safety and labor

• OSHA inspection search — find workplace-safety inspections by company name and US state, with activity number, inspection type, NAICS code, safety/health flag, and open/close dates.
• OSHA violation detail — pull citations for a specific inspection by activity number, including standard, violation type, current and initial penalty, and gravity.
• Wage & Hour enforcement — search DOL WHD cases across FLSA, child labor, FMLA, visa programs, and Davis-Bacon, with back wages, penalties, employees affected, and repeat-violator flag.

Environmental

• EPA ECHO facility search — find facility compliance under the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, and TRI, filterable by name, state, city, and significant-non-compliance status, with per-program row counts and total penalties.

Composite intelligence

• Unified compliance profile — get_compliance_profile queries all three sources for a company and merges the results; it always returns the EPA section and adds OSHA and WHD sections when a DOL key is configured.

Use cases for workplace compliance screening

Best for AI agent vendor due diligence

Use when an agent needs a compliance picture of a US supplier before answering. One get_compliance_profile call returns EPA environmental records plus OSHA and wage-and-hour history. Used by procurement-assistant agents to flag risky vendors without querying three agencies by hand.

Best for labor-risk and ESG research

Use when investigating an employer's labor record. search_whd_enforcement returns FLSA, child-labor, and visa-program violations with back wages and repeat-violator flags, useful for ESG analysts and labor reporters.

Best for environmental compliance checks

Use when screening facilities for environmental violations. search_epa_facilities filters EPA ECHO by significant-non-compliance status across Clean Air, Clean Water, and RCRA programs. Key outputs: facility name, state, compliance status, inspection count, ECHO report link.

Best for OSHA safety history lookups

Use when checking a company's workplace-safety record. search_osha_inspections returns inspections by name and state, and get_osha_violations drills into citations and penalties. Key outputs: activity number, inspection type, standard, penalty, gravity.

How to connect Workplace Compliance MCP Server

Claude Desktop

Add to claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "workplace-compliance": {
      "url": "https://workplace-compliance-mcp.apify.actor/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Programmatic (HTTP)

List the available tools:

curl -X POST https://workplace-compliance-mcp.apify.actor/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"tools/list","id":1}'

Call the composite tool:

curl -X POST https://workplace-compliance-mcp.apify.actor/mcp \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_APIFY_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "tools/call",
    "id": 2,
    "params": {
      "name": "get_compliance_profile",
      "arguments": { "company_name": "Northstar Logistics", "state": "TX" }
    }
  }'

First run tips

• Register a free DOL API key first — OSHA and Wage & Hour tools need it. Sign up at dataportal.dol.gov/registration and set it as dolApiKey in the actor input. Without it, those tools return a clear "DOL API key not configured" message.
• EPA works without a key — search_epa_facilities and the EPA section of get_compliance_profile run keyless, so you can test environmental data immediately.
• Use the composite tool for screening — get_compliance_profile returns OSHA, EPA, and WHD together for one company; use focused tools when you only need one source.
• Match the agency name — OSHA and WHD use establishment and trade names; spell the company as the agency filed it, and add a state to narrow broad matches.
• Empty is not an error — a company with no matching records returns an explicit "no results" message, not a failure.

Tool input parameters

Each tool accepts a small set of arguments. Key parameters:

Tool	Key parameters
search_osha_inspections	company_name (required), state, max_results (1-100, default 25)
get_osha_violations	activity_number (required)
search_epa_facilities	facility_name, state, city, compliance_status (2 / 3 / 4), max_results (1-100)
search_whd_enforcement	company_name, state, statute (flsa, fmla, h1b, h2a, h2b, sca, dbra, mspa, flsa_cl), min_back_wages, max_results (1-100)
get_compliance_profile	company_name (required), state

Output example

A get_compliance_profile response is structured JSON:

{
  "company": "Northstar Logistics",
  "state": "TX",
  "generatedAt": "2026-05-21T14:32:00.000Z",
  "epa": {
    "totalFacilities": "3",
    "significantViolators": "1",
    "totalPenalties": "$48,500",
    "facilities": [
      { "name": "Northstar Logistics Houston", "state": "TX", "compliance": "Significant Violation", "snc": true }
    ]
  },
  "osha": {
    "totalInspections": 2,
    "inspections": [
      { "establishment": "NORTHSTAR LOGISTICS INC", "type": "Complaint", "date": "2025-09-12", "state": "TX" }
    ]
  },
  "whd": {
    "totalCases": 1,
    "cases": [
      { "tradeName": "Northstar Logistics", "violations": 12, "backWages": 84300, "penalties": 9500, "state": "TX" }
    ]
  }
}

When no DOL key is configured, the osha and whd sections return { "error": "DOL API key not configured" } and the epa section still populates.

Output fields

Field	Type	Description
company	string	Company name the profile was generated for
generatedAt	string	ISO timestamp of the query
epa.totalFacilities	string	Count of matched EPA facilities
epa.significantViolators	string	Count of facilities in significant non-compliance
epa.totalPenalties	string	Total EPA penalties across matched facilities
epa.facilities	array	Facility name, state, compliance status, significant-NC flag
osha.totalInspections	number	Count of OSHA inspections found (or error when no key)
osha.inspections	array	Establishment, inspection type, date, state
whd.totalCases	number	Count of WHD cases found (or error when no key)
whd.cases	array	Trade name, violations, back wages, penalties, state

Focused tools return their source payload directly: search_osha_inspections returns { total, inspections }, search_epa_facilities returns matched-facility counts plus a facilities array, search_whd_enforcement returns { total, cases }, and get_osha_violations returns { activityNumber, total, violations }.

How much does it cost to query workplace compliance data?

Workplace Compliance MCP Server uses pay-per-event pricing — you pay only when a tool is called, and platform compute is included.

Tool call	Price
search_osha_inspections	$0.05
get_osha_violations	$0.05
search_epa_facilities	$0.05
search_whd_enforcement	$0.05
get_compliance_profile	$0.10

The free DOL Open Data Portal API key carries no charge from the agency.

Example monthly cost:

Scenario	Calls	Approx. total
Quick test	1 composite profile	$0.10
Light screening	20 focused calls	~$1.00
Vendor review	50 composite profiles	$5.00
Daily monitoring	100 mixed calls	~$8.00

Set a spending limit in your Apify account to cap usage. The Apify Free plan includes $5 of monthly credits, enough for multiple queries across any tools.

How Workplace Compliance MCP Server works

Mental model: Agent calls a tool → server queries the matching US government API(s) → records are normalized → results merge per company (composite tool) → structured JSON returns over MCP.

Standby MCP transport

The actor runs in standby mode and serves the MCP protocol over streamable HTTP at /mcp. An MCP client connects to the URL, lists tools, and calls them. The server cold-starts on the first request and shuts down after a period of inactivity to release platform compute.

Direct government API access

Each tool calls a US government API directly rather than another Apify actor. OSHA and Wage & Hour tools query the DOL Open Data Portal using its filter-object syntax and require a DOL API key. EPA tools query the EPA ECHO REST service, which is public and needs no key. Requests use retry-with-backoff handling for rate limits.

Composite profile

get_compliance_profile runs the EPA ECHO query first (always available), then, when a DOL key is present, queries OSHA inspections and WHD enforcement and adds those sections. Each section is trimmed to its most relevant records and returned under one company object with a timestamp.

Limitations

• OSHA and WHD need a DOL key — both require a free DOL Open Data Portal API key; without it those tools and profile sections return an explicit "DOL API key not configured" message.
• US scope only — coverage is US federal compliance data (OSHA, EPA, DOL); non-US companies and facilities are out of scope.
• Name matching — agency records use establishment and trade names; misspellings or differing legal names can miss records, so adding a state helps.
• Agency data freshness — records reflect what OSHA, EPA, and DOL publish and inherit each agency's update cadence; the server does not add data.
• No legal interpretation — the server returns factual agency records, not legal opinions or risk verdicts.
• No litigation or credit data — court cases, credit history, and predictive scores are out of scope.
• Empty results — a company with no matching agency record returns an explicit "no results" message, not an error.

Combine with other Apify actors

Actor	How to combine
Company Deep Research	Pair compliance records with broader company intelligence reports
WHOIS Domain Lookup	Verify a vendor's corporate domain during due diligence
Trustpilot Review Analyzer	Add consumer-reputation signals to a compliance profile
Website Tech Stack Detector	Profile a supplier's technology alongside its compliance record
Website Content to Markdown	Feed agency-linked report pages into an LLM or RAG pipeline

Responsible use

• Workplace Compliance MCP Server accesses publicly available US government compliance data from OSHA, EPA, and the DOL. It does not bypass authentication, CAPTCHAs, or access restricted content.
• Users are responsible for ensuring their use complies with applicable laws and platform terms, including fair-use and anti-discrimination rules when screening employers or vendors.
• Outputs are factual agency records, not legal advice. Do not use the data for harassment, discrimination, or other unauthorized purposes.
• For guidance on web scraping legality, see Apify's guide.

FAQ

What is the difference between querying OSHA, EPA, and DOL directly and using this MCP server? Direct access means three separate APIs, two query syntaxes, and a DOL registration. Workplace Compliance MCP Server combines all three behind one MCP endpoint, and its composite tool merges the results per company.

Can I screen a company across all three sources in one call? Yes. get_compliance_profile queries OSHA, EPA ECHO, and DOL Wage & Hour together and returns one combined profile.

Do I need an API key? You need a free DOL Open Data Portal API key for OSHA and Wage & Hour tools. Register at dataportal.dol.gov/registration. EPA ECHO and the EPA section of the profile work without a key.

What happens if I do not set the DOL key? OSHA and WHD tools return a clear "DOL API key not configured" message, and the composite profile returns its EPA section with that note in the OSHA and WHD sections.

Does this server give legal or compliance advice? No. It returns factual agency records. It does not interpret liability or produce legal opinions.

Does it cover companies outside the US? No. Coverage is US federal data from OSHA, EPA, and the DOL.

How do I find OSHA citations for an inspection? Run search_osha_inspections to get the activity number, then call get_osha_violations with that number for standards, penalties, and gravity.

How current is the data? Records reflect what each agency publishes and follow that agency's update cadence; the server passes the data through without adding to it.

How do I connect an AI agent to it? Point any MCP client, such as Claude Desktop, at https://workplace-compliance-mcp.apify.actor/mcp and list the tools.

What does it cost to try? A single get_compliance_profile call is $0.10; focused tools are $0.05 each. The Apify Free plan covers multiple queries.

Is it a practical alternative to building OSHA, EPA, and DOL integrations by hand? Yes, for agent workflows it replaces three separate government API integrations with one MCP endpoint.

Is it legal to use this data? It accesses only publicly available US government compliance records. Legality depends on your jurisdiction and intended use, especially when screening employers; consult legal counsel for your specific case. See Apify's guide.

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