The Arkansas Department of Labor has nine divisions providing a wide variety of services to the public. They consist of:

Safety Services

• conducting complaint, accident and fatality investigations in the
  public sector
  
• conducting routine inspections
• inspecting amusement rides (see AOSH)
• providing free safety consultation services
• providing training classes on safety and health issues, and most
  are free of charge
• providing elevator safety inspection
• presenting safety awards, and more.

Wage and Hour Services

• administering and enforcing the Arkansas laws relating to minimum wage, overtime, student learners, child labor, disabled workers and
  equal pay
• collecting unpaid wages for employees, and
• licensing and regulating all private employment agencies
• administering Arkansas' prevailing wage law.

Other Services

• inspection and certification of boilers and pressure vessels; and licensing of boiler operators, installers, and repair firms
• licensing electricians
• conducting annual surveys of the state's workplace fatalities, illnesses and injuries
• offering mediation and conciliation services in labor disputes.

FOI Compliance

Records maintained by the Arkansas Department of Labor:

• AOSH Division

  Amusement ride inspection reports
  AOSH compliance, investigation, and consultation reports
  

• Boiler Inspection Division

  Permitting and inspection records on boilers, pressure vessels, and pressure piping.
  Licensing records on boiler operators, installers and repair firms, and inspectors.
  

• Electrical Division/Board of Electrical Examiners

  Applications for electrical license/licensed electrician records
  Apprentice registration/records
  Electrical inspection reports

• Elevator Safety Division

  Elevator inspector licenses
  Elevator inspection reports, witness tests, and
  installation records
  

• Labor Standards Division

  Wage and Hour inspection reports
  Child labor applications and permits
  Wage claims
  Private employment agency license records
  Sub-minimum wage and handicapped sub-minimum wage permit records

• Legal Division

All Arkansas Department of Labor litigation files
Mediation & Conciliation Division
Records of Mediation Division union contract participation (confidential by state law)
MSHA Division
MSHA Training Records, miner records, and
mining maps
OSH/CFOI Division
Occupational Health, Illness, and Injury
Statistical Information
(Specific employer information confidential by federal law)

• OSHA Consultation

  OSHA consultation evaluations (confidential by federal law)
  

• Planning and Publication Division
  

  Monthly press file and press releases
  Monthly/annual Arkansas Department of Labor division activity reports
  Labor and Safety News publications
  

• Prevailing Wage Division

Wage scale surveys and local rates (Specific employer information confidential by state law)

Computer databases maintained by the Arkansas Department of
Labor include:

• Licensed Electrician Database
• Electrician Applicant Database
• Licensed Boiler Operator Database
• Boiler Equipment Database
• Elevator Equipment Database
• Amusement Ride Database
• MSHA Safety Training Database
• American Heart Association Training Database
• Labor Standards Database
• Wage Claim Database
• Prevailing Wage Database
• Minor Work Permits Database

Public records are available under the FOIA, for more information please contact asklabor@arkansas.gov