LAKE STEEL INC
712 MAIN ST, BUFFALO, NY 14203
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Inspection records
Jun 7, 1989#106914617Jun 7, 1989Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#106914617$9206 viol.6 violations$920 in penalties
Inspection #106914617
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 7, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 8, 1989
- Closed
- Aug 30, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 11
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 5 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,840
- Penalties on Record
- $920
- Site Address
- Science Magnet School, Martin Luther King Park, Buffalo, NY 14211
- 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 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.59 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19260059 E01 | Serious | 1 | 11 | $300 | $150 | Jul 31, 1989 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.59 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19260059 G01 | Serious | 1 | 11 | $300 | $150 | Jul 31, 1989 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1926.59 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19260059 H | Serious | 1 | 11 | $300 | $150 | Jul 31, 1989 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1926.450 Scaffolding - Scope, Application, and Definitions OSHA citation code: 19260450 A01 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $300 | $150 | Jun 24, 1989 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1926.750 Steel Erection - Scope OSHA citation code: 19260750 B01 II | Serious | 1 | 3 | $640 | $320 | Jun 24, 1989 | - | - |
Showing the 5 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 6 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Aug 18, 1988#100649532Aug 18, 1988Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#100649532$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #100649532
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 18, 1988
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 18, 1988
- Closed
- Aug 30, 1988
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Pearl And Court Streets, Buffalo, NY 14202
- 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 | 1926.550 Cranes and Derricks OSHA citation code: 19260550 A14 I | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | Aug 26, 1988 | - | - |
Jan 11, 1985#1006733Jan 11, 1985Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#1006733$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #1006733
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 11, 1985
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 11, 1985
- Closed
- Jan 11, 1985
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 712 Main St, 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.
Mar 20, 1984#129924Mar 20, 1984Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#129924$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #129924
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 20, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 22, 1984
- Closed
- Dec 31, 1996
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
- Bailey & Kensington, Buffalo, NY 14215
- 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 | 1926.550 Cranes and Derricks OSHA citation code: 19260550 A14 I | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Mar 30, 1984 | - | - |
Jan 25, 1984#10850063Jan 25, 1984Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#10850063$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #10850063
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 25, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 27, 1984
- Closed
- Feb 27, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 7
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Buffalo Gen Hosp Addition, 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 | 1926.350 Gas Welding and Cutting OSHA citation code: 19260350 J | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 5, 1984 | - | - |
Nov 14, 1983#10840213Nov 14, 1983Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#10840213$1501 viol.1 violation$150 in penalties
Inspection #10840213
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 14, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 15, 1983
- Closed
- Dec 15, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 18
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $300
- Penalties on Record
- $150
- Site Address
- Buffalo General Hospital, Buffalo, NY 14203
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
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)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.28 Personal Protective Equipment OSHA citation code: 19260028 A | Serious | 2 | - | $300 | $150 | Nov 21, 1983 | - | - |
Aug 22, 1983#10830495Aug 22, 1983Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#10830495$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10830495
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 22, 1983
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 22, 1983
- Closed
- Aug 22, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 21
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Buffalo General Hospital, 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.
Jul 30, 1980#10845386Jul 30, 1980Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#10845386$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10845386
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 30, 1980
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 30, 1980
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 2
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1014 Northampton St, Buffalo, NY 14211
- 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.
Mar 16, 1979#10806628Mar 16, 1979Accident (A) · Complete scope, Safety#10806628$1801 viol.1 violation$180 in penalties
Inspection #10806628
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 16, 1979
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 16, 1979
- Contested
- Jun 15, 1979
- Closed
- Jan 29, 1980
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $180
- Penalties on Record
- $180
- Site Address
- 1575 Clinton Street, Buffalo, NY 14206
- 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.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.352 Fire Prevention (Welding) OSHA citation code: 19260352 A | Serious | 2 | - | $180 | $180 | Jun 2, 1979 | Jun 15, 1979 | - |
Dec 17, 1976#10841245Dec 17, 1976Complaint (B) · Complete scope, Safety#10841245$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #10841245
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 17, 1976
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 17, 1976
- Closed
- Mar 10, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 1
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 390 Grider St, Buffalo, NY 14215
- 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.
10 inspections, 1976 to 1989. 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.