O'CONNELL ELECTRIC CO., INC.
BALDY HALL, NORTH CAMPUS, SUNY & BUFFALO, BUFFALO, NY 14260 · NAICS 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
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Inspection records
May 18, 2009#313199663May 18, 2009Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#313199663$13,2303 viol.3 violations$13,230 in penalties
Inspection #313199663
Dates
- Opened
- May 18, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 28, 2009
- Contested
- Nov 16, 2009
- Final Order
- Jul 27, 2011
- Closed
- Oct 12, 2011
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 9
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 2 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $18,900
- Penalties on Record
- $13,230
- Site Address
- Baldy Hall, North Campus, Suny & Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14260
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
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.
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 is killed when burned by electrical arc flash/blast
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 D01 II | Serious | 2 | 4 | $6,300 | $6,300 | Nov 12, 2009 | Nov 16, 2009 | Jul 27, 2011 |
| 01003 | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 D02 | Other | 2 | 6 | $6,300 | $630 | Nov 12, 2009 | Nov 16, 2009 | Jul 27, 2011 |
| 01005 | 1910.138 Hand Protection OSHA citation code: 19100138 A | Serious | 1 | 1 | $6,300 | $6,300 | Nov 12, 2009 | Nov 16, 2009 | Jul 27, 2011 |
Apr 24, 2009#313097271Apr 24, 2009Programmed Related (I) · Complete scope, Safety#313097271$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #313097271
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 24, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 24, 2009
- Closed
- May 27, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 3
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 565 Abbott Road, Buffalo, NY 14220
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
Programmed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a programmed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Apr 13, 2009#313065500Apr 13, 2009Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#313065500$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #313065500
Dates
- Opened
- Apr 13, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Apr 13, 2009
- Closed
- Jan 22, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 5
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Electrical Substation, S.u.c. At Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14201
- Industry
- 238210 Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contractors
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.
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 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.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
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.
3 inspections, 2009 to 2009. 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.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
Specialty Trade Contractors, 559,382 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: electrical contractors and other wiring installation contractors reported 1.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 5.7%; NAICS 23821 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source