JOHN W COWPER CO INC
545 MAIN ST, Buffalo, NY 14203
Having inspection records is common for businesses in regulated industries. Data and methodology
Inspection records
Oct 5, 1981#10837680Oct 5, 1981Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#10837680$4201 viol.1 violation$420 in penalties
Inspection #10837680
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 5, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 5, 1981
- Closed
- Nov 3, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 27
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $420
- Penalties on Record
- $420
- Site Address
- 566 Washington St Bank Project, Buffalo, NY 14203
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.700 Concrete and Masonry Construction - Scope, Application, and Definitions OSHA citation code: 19260700 B02 | Serious | 1 | - | $420 | $420 | Oct 12, 1981 | - | - |
Sep 15, 1981#10837649Sep 15, 1981Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#10837649$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10837649
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 15, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Sep 18, 1981
- Closed
- Sep 18, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 32
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 566 Washington St, Buffalo, NY 14203
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Mar 4, 1981#10796787Mar 4, 1981Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#10796787$8207 viol.7 violations$820 in penalties
Inspection #10796787
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 4, 1981
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 6, 1981
- Closed
- Apr 9, 1981
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 500
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 4 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,860
- Penalties on Record
- $820
- Site Address
- Main And North Sts Rapid Trans, Buffalo, NY 14203
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 (5 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.450 Scaffolding - Scope, Application, and Definitions OSHA citation code: 19260450 B03 | Serious | 1 | - | $240 | $240 | Mar 21, 1981 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.451 Scaffolding - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19260451 E10 | Serious | 1 | - | $180 | $180 | Mar 21, 1981 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1926.500 Fall Protection - Scope, Application, and Definitions OSHA citation code: 19260500 B01 | Serious | 1 | - | $1,440 | $400 | Mar 21, 1981 | - | - |
| 03001 | 1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases OSHA citation code: 19100110 B08 XI | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1981 | - | - |
| 03002 | 1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases OSHA citation code: 19100110 D10 | Other | 2 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1981 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 7 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Dec 2, 1980#10819985Dec 2, 1980Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#10819985$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10819985
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 2, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 2, 1980
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Main St, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Apr 15, 1980#10844892Apr 15, 1980Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#10844892$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #10844892
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 15, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 15, 1980
- Closed
- May 13, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 10
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 585 William St, Buffalo, NY 14206
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.401 OSHA citation code: 19260401 J03 | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Apr 21, 1980 | - | - |
Jun 22, 1979#10843654Jun 22, 1979Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#10843654$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10843654
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 22, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 22, 1979
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 160
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3567 Lake Shore Rd, Buffalo, NY 14219
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
Jun 4, 1979#10843480Jun 4, 1979Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#10843480$6002 viol.2 violations$600 in penalties
Inspection #10843480
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 4, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 4, 1979
- Closed
- Jul 5, 1979
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 160
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 repeat
- Initial Penalties
- $600
- Penalties on Record
- $600
- Site Address
- 3567 Lakeshore Rd, Buffalo, NY 14219
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.28 Personal Protective Equipment OSHA citation code: 19260028 A | Serious | 1 | - | $400 | $400 | Jun 19, 1979 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1926.25 Housekeeping OSHA citation code: 19260025 A | Repeat | 1 | - | $200 | $200 | Jun 19, 1979 | - | - |
Jun 4, 1979#10843472Jun 4, 1979Follow-Up (F) · Complete scope, Safety#10843472$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10843472
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 4, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 4, 1979
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 160
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3567 Lakeshore Rd, Buffalo, NY 14219
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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.
May 7, 1979#10794345May 7, 1979Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#10794345$3,64015 viol.15 violations$3,640 in penalties
Inspection #10794345
Dates
- Opened
- May 7, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- May 14, 1979
- Closed
- Jun 18, 1979
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 160
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 15
- Violation Types
- 8 serious, 2 repeat, 5 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $3,640
- Penalties on Record
- $3,640
- Site Address
- 3467 Lakeshore Rd, Buffalo, NY 14219
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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 (5 of 15 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.25 Housekeeping OSHA citation code: 19260025 A | Serious | 2 | - | $350 | $350 | Jun 1, 1979 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.105 Safety Nets OSHA citation code: 19260105 C01 | Serious | 1 | - | $280 | $280 | Jun 1, 1979 | - | - |
| 01003A | 1926.401 OSHA citation code: 19260401 A01 | Serious | 1 | - | $280 | $280 | Jun 1, 1979 | - | - |
| 01003B | 1926.402 Applicability (Electrical - Construction) OSHA citation code: 19260402 A08 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 24, 1979 | - | - |
| 01003C | 1926.402 Applicability (Electrical - Construction) OSHA citation code: 19260402 A10 | Serious | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | May 24, 1979 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 15 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Nov 17, 1978#10842888Nov 17, 1978Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#10842888$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10842888
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 17, 1978
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 17, 1978
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 60
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Lower Terrace, Buffalo, NY 14202
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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
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.
20 inspections, 1978 to 1985. 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).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
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.