Establishment profile
DKP BUFFALO, LLC
175 ENSMINGER RD., TONAWANDA, NY, 14150
336211 — Motor Vehicle Body Manufacturing
EIN 202556357
Summary
DKP BUFFALO, LLC has accumulated 12 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 17 years of recorded history, with $24,790 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 75th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 41 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 90th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.
Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
DKP BUFFALO, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
80% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 11 distinct standards shown · 12 citations in this view · $24,790 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I | 2 | 2 | $4,600 | Sep 2010 | Feb 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0028 B03 IV | 1 | 1 | $4,200 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | $4,200 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 E03 | 1 | 1 | $3,465 | Feb 2011 | Feb 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C05 IID | 1 | 1 | $2,475 | Feb 2011 | Feb 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 1 | 1 | $2,100 | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 C03 IIIE | 1 | 1 | $1,875 | Oct 2008 | Oct 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $1,875 | Oct 2008 | Oct 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 B09 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C02 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 2023 | Apr 2023 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 IV | 1 | 1 | — | Oct 2008 | Oct 2008 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Above average violations in NAICS 3362 within NY. Peer group: 41 employers. This establishment has 12 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.
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.
Reported for 92 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
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
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 2019 – Jul 2019
Most frequent event: Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 2019 | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker | Head, unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| May 21, 2019 | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area, unspecified | Lower leg(s) | Hospitalized |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
Wage and hour breakdown by law
Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMLA (family & medical leave) | Feb 2015 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.
Wage and hour cases
Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2015 | Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing | FMLA | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for DKP BUFFALO, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in NY — for DKP BUFFALO, LLC, not this location alone
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 DKP BUFFALO, LLC locations in the same state.
NLRB cases
National Labor Relations Board cases involving this employer. Includes unfair labor practice (ULP) filings and representation election proceedings. NLRB enforcement is process-driven; no per-case monetary penalty is assessed (remedies are case-by-case backpay orders, posting requirements, election re-runs, etc.). 4 cases · 3 ULP · 1 representation
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-CA-027812 | Unfair labor practice | Oct 2010 | Nov 2010 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
| 03-CA-027811 | Unfair labor practice | Oct 2010 | Feb 2011 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
| 03-CA-027810 | Unfair labor practice | Oct 2010 | Nov 2010 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
| 03-RC-011987 | Representation election | Sep 2010 | Nov 2010 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
Source: NLRB case files. Rows shown are those the agency has published. Region numbers (1–31) correspond to NLRB's geographic offices.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for DKP BUFFALO, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act.
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
DKP BUFFALO,LLC 175 ENSMINGER ROAD · TONAWANDA, NY, 14150 | Water | — QNCR 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-28 | Planned | 5 | 4 | $10,500 | |
| 2012-02-01 | Programmed Related | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2010-12-21 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $8,415 | |
| 2010-07-20 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $2,125 | |
| 2008-10-21 | Complaint | 3 | 2 | $3,750 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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- CRYSTEEL MANUFACTURING INC.FULTON — 1 federal enforcement record
- MARRO'S EQUIPMENT & TRUCKS INC.WATERLOO — 1 federal enforcement record
- UNICELL BODY COMPANY, INC.BUFFALO — 1 federal enforcement record
- KURTZ WELDING INC.MARATHON — 1 federal enforcement record
- TRANSPORTATION COLLABORATIVE INCWARWICK — 1 federal enforcement record
- ZWACK INC.STEPHENTOWN — 1 federal enforcement record
- CONTINENTAL TRUCK INDUSTRIESMASPRTH — 1 federal enforcement record
- FIBERGLAS REPLACEMENT PARTS, INC.BUFFALO — 1 federal enforcement record
- CONTINENTAL TRUCK BODY CORP.MASPETH — 1 federal enforcement record
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DKP BUFFALO, LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is DKP BUFFALO, LLC's OSHA violation history?
- DKP BUFFALO, LLC has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 12 violations and $24,790 in total penalties.
- How does DKP BUFFALO, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- DKP BUFFALO, LLC operates in the motor vehicle body manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.9. DKP BUFFALO, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 2.36 compared to an industry average of 2.8.