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AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.

692 BAILEY AVENUE, BUFFALO, NY, 14206
Operated by American Sugar Refining Inc · 1 of 4 establishments
311314Cane Sugar Manufacturing
EIN 161327572

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OSHA inspections
2
over 4 years
Violations
10
$54,862 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC. has accumulated 10 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 4 years of recorded history, with $54,862 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 81st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 33 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 63rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 16 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, OFLC visa and labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
2
0.5 / yr · last 4 yrs
Violations
10
2.5 / yr
Penalties
$54,862
$5,486 avg / violation
80% serious20% other
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 2

100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

81st

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3113 within NY. Peer group: 33 employers. This establishment has 10 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
100th
peer median: $4,813
Inspection frequency
63rd
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.

DART rate
1.6
vs industry
−1.7
TRIR
3.3
vs industry
−1.6

Reported for 108 average annual employees at this establishment.

Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
4.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
3.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
3.3
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.

Inspection breakdown

Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · May 2022

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
May 19, 2022Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFingertip(s)Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NY — for American Sugar Refining Inc, not this location alone

Total cases
1

National Labor Relations Board — unfair labor practice charges and union representation cases. The NLRB records cases at the company/regional level (no worksite address), so these are matched by company name and state and may span other American Sugar Refining Inc locations in the same state.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC)

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-01-23Referral55$30,000
2022-05-25Referral53$24,862

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC. is one of 4 establishments rolled up under the parent organization American Sugar Refining Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of American Sugar Refining Inc across all 4 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in cane sugar manufacturing within NY, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by American Sugar Refining Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC. from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.

Establishments are matched across agencies using normalized employer name, state, and ZIP code. This establishment resolves to the parent rollup American Sugar Refining Inc, which operates 4 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

Frequently asked

What is AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC. has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 10 violations and $54,862 in total penalties.
How does AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC. operates in the cane sugar manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.9. AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.63 compared to an industry average of 3.3.