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BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.
$27,179
penalties
56
viol.
31
insp.

BUILDING SYSTEMS, INC.

THOMAS MEDICAL BUILDING 2374 VILLAGE COMMONS DRIVE, ERIE, PA 16550NAICS 236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Inspections
31
Oct 1990 to Mar 2025 · 29 safety, 2 health
Violations
56
across 31 inspections
Penalties on record
$27,179
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 36Willful 0Repeat 1Other 19

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Inspection records

Feb 17, 2011Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#311880264$2,0003 viol.

Inspection #311880264

Dates

Opened
Feb 17, 2011
Closing Conference Date
Feb 17, 2011
Closed
Mar 16, 2012

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
16

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
2 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$4,900
Penalties on Record
$2,000
Site Address
143 W. 4th Street, Erie, PA 16501
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Violations

Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011926.28
Personal Protective Equipment
OSHA citation code: 19260028 A
Other12$2,100$0Apr 26, 2011--
01002A1926.150
Fire Protection (Construction)
OSHA citation code: 19260150 C01 IV
Serious23$2,800$2,000Apr 26, 2011--
01002B1926.151
Fire Prevention
OSHA citation code: 19260151 A03
Serious11$0$0May 17, 2011--
Feb 7, 2011Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#311880025$3,6751 viol.

Inspection #311880025

Dates

Opened
Feb 7, 2011
Closing Conference Date
Apr 8, 2011
Closed
Mar 16, 2012

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
15

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$4,900
Penalties on Record
$3,675
Site Address
143 W. 4th Street, Erie, PA 16501
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011926.501
Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection
OSHA citation code: 19260501 B01
Serious22$4,900$3,675May 4, 2011--
Jan 12, 2011Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#311879738$00 viol.

Inspection #311879738

Dates

Opened
Jan 12, 2011
Closing Conference Date
Jan 12, 2011
Closed
Jan 13, 2011

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
55

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
201 State Street, Erie, PA 16550
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Jul 13, 2010Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#311878052$1,2251 viol.

Inspection #311878052

Dates

Opened
Jul 13, 2010
Closing Conference Date
Jul 13, 2010
Closed
Aug 19, 2010

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
1

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$1,750
Penalties on Record
$1,225
Site Address
8270 Peach Street, Erie, PA 16509
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011926.501
Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection
OSHA citation code: 19260501 B11
Serious13$1,750$1,225Aug 30, 2010--
Jun 10, 2009Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#311873855$00 viol.

Inspection #311873855

Dates

Opened
Jun 10, 2009
Closing Conference Date
Not recorded
Closed
Jun 10, 2009

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Not recorded
Number of Employees
Not recorded

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
109 University Square, Incubator Bldg, Erie, PA 16541
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Jun 10, 2009Planned (H) · No Inspection scope, Safety#311873848$00 viol.

Inspection #311873848

Dates

Opened
Jun 10, 2009
Closing Conference Date
Not recorded
Closed
Jun 10, 2009

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
Not recorded
Number of Employees
Not recorded

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
109 University Square, Incubator Bldg, Erie, PA 16541
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Aug 20, 2008Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#113176465$00 viol.

Inspection #113176465

Dates

Opened
Aug 20, 2008
Closing Conference Date
Aug 20, 2008
Closed
Aug 20, 2008

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
3

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
100 Peach Street, Erie, PA 16550
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Aug 24, 2007Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#309339331$6303 viol.

Inspection #309339331

Dates

Opened
Aug 24, 2007
Closing Conference Date
Aug 24, 2007
Closed
Sep 5, 2007

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
60
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$900
Penalties on Record
$630
Site Address
Gannon Univ Beyer Hall 7th & Peach St, Erie, PA 16501
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

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.

Violations

Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011926.501
Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection
OSHA citation code: 19260501 B01
Serious12$900$630Sep 21, 2007--
020011926.502
Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices
OSHA citation code: 19260502 F01
Other11$0$0Sep 21, 2007--
020021926.502
Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices
OSHA citation code: 19260502 F01 III
Other11$0$0Sep 21, 2007--
Aug 24, 2006Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#309335453$4901 viol.

Inspection #309335453

Dates

Opened
Aug 24, 2006
Closing Conference Date
Aug 24, 2006
Closed
Oct 11, 2006

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
70
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$700
Penalties on Record
$490
Site Address
3560 Athens Avenue, Erie, PA 16510
Industry
236118 Residential Remodelers

Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011926.501
Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection
OSHA citation code: 19260501 B13
Serious16$700$490Oct 24, 2006--
Aug 24, 2004Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#113174239$4,0003 viol.

Inspection #113174239

Dates

Opened
Aug 24, 2004
Closing Conference Date
Aug 24, 2004
Contested
Mar 15, 2005
Closed
Jul 19, 2005

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
45

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
2 serious, 1 repeat
Initial Penalties
$6,675
Penalties on Record
$4,000
Site Address
Thomas Medical Building 2374 Village Commons Drive, Erie, PA 16505
Industry
236220 Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.

Enforcement Outcome

Citation contest activity appears on Mar 15, 2005. Final orders are recorded through May 31, 2005. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.

Violations

Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
01001A1926.651
Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19260651 C02
Serious12$675$500Mar 11, 2005Mar 15, 2005May 31, 2005
01001B1926.651
Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements
OSHA citation code: 19260651 K02
Serious12$0$0Mar 11, 2005Mar 15, 2005-
020011926.652
Excavations - Protection of Employees
OSHA citation code: 19260652 A01
Repeat12$6,000$3,500Mar 11, 2005Mar 15, 2005May 31, 2005
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Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records

About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

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.

Standards cited

1926.501Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection7 citations · $6,339
1926.651Excavations - Specific Excavation Requirements5 citations · $1,366
1926.652Excavations - Protection of Employees4 citations · $3,500

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer1.8
Industry average1.5
Penalties per inspection
This employer$877
Industry average$1,290

Construction of Buildings, 209,253 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

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