SUNY BUFFALO FATALITY 2007
LAKE ONTARIO, Hamlin, NY 14464 · NAICS 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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Inspection records
Apr 25, 2008#311044523Apr 25, 2008Follow-Up (F) · Partial scope, Safety#311044523$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #311044523
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 25, 2008
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 25, 2008
- Closed
- Apr 25, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 437
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Lake Ontario, Hamlin, NY 14464
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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.
Nov 5, 2007#310744636Nov 5, 2007FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#310744636$018 viol.18 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #310744636
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 5, 2007
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 31, 2008
- Closed
- Apr 25, 2008
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- State government
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 437
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 18
- Violation Types
- 11 serious, 7 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Lake Ontario, Hamlin, NY 14464
- Industry
- 611310 Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools
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.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employee dies of air embolism while scuba diving
Violations
Violation list (18 of 18 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.420 Safe practices manual OSHA citation code: 19100420 A | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.421 Pre-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100421 D01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.421 Pre-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100421 D03 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1910.421 Pre-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100421 D04 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1910.421 Pre-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100421 D05 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1910.421 Pre-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100421 D06 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1910.421 Pre-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100421 D09 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01008 | 1910.423 Post-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100423 C05 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01009 | 1910.424 SCUBA Diving OSHA citation code: 19100424 C02 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01010 | 1910.430 Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100430 D03 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 01011 | 1910.430 Equipment OSHA citation code: 19100430 D04 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 02001 | 801.39 OSHA citation code: 8010039 A | Other | 1 | 437 | $0 | $0 | Mar 21, 2008 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.423 Post-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100423 D01 I | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.423 Post-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100423 D01 V | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 02004 | 1910.423 Post-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100423 D01 II | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 02005 | 1910.423 Post-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100423 D01 IV | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 02006 | 1910.423 Post-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100423 D01 VI | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
| 02007 | 1910.423 Post-Dive Procedures OSHA citation code: 19100423 D01 III | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Jun 16, 2008 | - | - |
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2 inspections, 2007 to 2008. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
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Standards cited
Industry comparison
Educational Services, 15,827 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: colleges, universities, and professional schools reported 1.3 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 2.6%; NAICS 6113 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source