BUFFALO CITY HALL
65 NIAGARA SQ, BUFFALO, NY 14202
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Inspection records
Jan 22, 2025#347990699Jan 22, 2025Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#347990699$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #347990699
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 22, 2025
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 22, 2025
- Closed
- Feb 5, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3,214
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Sep 30, 2024#347783888Sep 30, 2024Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#347783888$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #347783888
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 30, 2024
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 30, 2024
- Closed
- Oct 3, 2024
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3,214
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
May 10, 2024#347480600May 10, 2024Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#347480600$04 viol.4 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #347480600
Dates
- Opened
- May 10, 2024
- Closing Conference Date
- May 10, 2024
- Final Order
- Jul 11, 2024
- Closed
- Feb 5, 2025
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3,214
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 4 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 12 OSHA citation code: 12 NYCRR PART 800.6(F) | Serious | 1 | 3,214 | $0 | $0 | Sep 13, 2024 | - | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 01002 | 12 OSHA citation code: 12 NYCRR PART 800.6(G) | Serious | 1 | 3,214 | $0 | $0 | Sep 11, 2024 | - | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 01003 | 12 OSHA citation code: 12 NYCRR PART 800.6(H) | Serious | 1 | 3,214 | $0 | $0 | Jan 17, 2025 | - | Jul 11, 2024 |
| 01004 | 12 OSHA citation code: 12 NYCRR PART 800.6(I) | Serious | 1 | 3,214 | $0 | $0 | Jul 30, 2024 | - | Jul 11, 2024 |
Feb 16, 2022#345785950Feb 16, 2022Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#345785950$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #345785950
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 16, 2022
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 30, 2022
- Closed
- Mar 31, 2022
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 100
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Dec 30, 2020#345111553Dec 30, 2020Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#345111553$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #345111553
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 30, 2020
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 30, 2020
- Closed
- Jun 4, 2021
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Follow-Up Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a follow-up inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Follow-up inspections are used by OSHA after earlier enforcement activity and can be used to check later compliance status.
Jan 7, 2020#344768908Jan 7, 2020Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#344768908$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344768908
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 7, 2020
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 7, 2020
- Closed
- Jan 7, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Dec 4, 2019#344489026Dec 4, 2019Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#344489026$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344489026
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 4, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 4, 2019
- Closed
- Dec 4, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Sep 5, 2019#344324058Sep 5, 2019Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#344324058$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344324058
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 5, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 5, 2019
- Closed
- Sep 5, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Aug 14, 2019#344264809Aug 14, 2019Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#344264809$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344264809
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 14, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 14, 2019
- Closed
- Aug 14, 2019
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1,000
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Jun 7, 2019#344067715Jun 7, 2019Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#344067715$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #344067715
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 7, 2019
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 23, 2020
- Closed
- May 4, 2020
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Local government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 50
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 65 Niagara Square, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- 921190
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
50 inspections, 1989 to 2025. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
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Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
The timeline shows the 50 most recent of 53 inspections with a recorded opening date.