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FORD MOTOR COMPANY

3663 LAKE SHORE ROAD, BUFFALO, NY, 14219
Operated by Ford Motor Co · 1 of 336 establishments
336370Motor Vehicle Metal Stamping
EIN 380549190

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OSHA inspections
27
over 50 years
Violations
61
$20,880 in penalties
Penalties
$20,880
$342 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 hospitalizations · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

FORD MOTOR COMPANY has accumulated 61 OSHA violations across 27 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $20,880 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 89 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 11 years ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
27
0.5 / yr · last 50 yrs
Violations
61
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$20,880
$342 avg / violation
74% serious26% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
12 of 27
Inspection trigger · follow-up
8 of 27

33% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 26 citations in this view · $16,420 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000132$1,660Apr 1976Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0233$150Sep 1975Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0309 A 01101722$200Apr 1977Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0022 C21$150Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1926.1001 C11$2,750Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.1001 J0511$2,750Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.1001 K11$2,750Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0134 C02 I11$2,200Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0252 C02 VII11$480Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0252 C02 VIII11$480Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0037 K0211$400Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$320Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$280Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$280Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0067 C02 IV11$280Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0217 C03 VIID11$280Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0217 B09 IV11$280Apr 1977Apr 1977
29 CFR 1910.0179 L02 I11$250Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0213 D0111$240Mar 1979Mar 1979
29 CFR 1910.0217 C02 III11$240Mar 1979Mar 1979

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

90th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3363 within NY. Peer group: 89 employers. This establishment has 61 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
82nd
peer median: $4,410
Inspection frequency
99th
peer median: 2

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
3.8
vs industry
+1.7
TRIR
11.0
vs industry
+7.5

Reported for 826 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
3.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
11.0
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

Planned
2
Complaint
12
Accident
4
Referral
1

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) · Jul 2020 – Dec 2023 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment

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
Dec 29, 2023Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFingertip(s)Amputation
Jul 2, 2020Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipmentFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.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
11 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 11+ years. Most recent activity: 11 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NY — for Ford Motor Co, not this location alone

Total cases
5
Unfair labor practice
5

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 Ford Motor Co 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.). 5 cases · 5 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
03-CA-123592Unfair labor practiceMar 2014Mar 2014ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-027514Unfair labor practiceJan 2010Feb 2010ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-026500Unfair labor practiceNov 2007Feb 2008ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-025394Unfair labor practiceMay 2005Mar 2007ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-025264Unfair labor practiceFeb 2005Apr 2005ClosedRegion 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 FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

NHTSA vehicle & equipment recalls

Total campaigns
872
Last 5 years
422
Last 12 months
117
Units affected
6,928,820,447

Most-recalled component: EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. Most recent campaign: 2026-06-09. Source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, matched on manufacturer name.

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — FORD MOTOR CO (across 13 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$624.4M
Obligated (all-time)
$6.2B
Awards (all-time)
140,167

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2014-12-19Complaint0$0
2014-02-18Referral0$0
2013-04-12Complaint44$10,450
1981-12-21Follow-up0$0
1981-04-01Complaint0$0
1980-09-23Complaint0$0
1980-09-04Follow-up0$0
1980-06-04Follow-up0$0
1980-03-05Follow-up0$0
1979-12-12Follow-up0$0
1979-11-13Complaint0$0
1979-06-04Follow-up0$0
1979-01-08Planned4438$8,935
1978-11-07Complaint0$0
1978-03-02Planned1$0
1978-02-08Follow-up0$0
1977-11-19Complaint0$0
1977-11-15Complaint1$0
1977-11-15Accident11$210
1977-09-27Accident0$0
1977-09-27Complaint1$0
1977-05-19Accident0$0
1977-05-04Follow-up0$0
1977-02-10Complaint41$280
1976-04-06Complaint0$0
1976-02-17Accident41$1,005
1975-09-09Complaint1$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

FORD MOTOR COMPANY is one of 336 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Ford Motor Co.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Ford Motor Co across all 336 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in motor vehicle metal stamping within NY, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Ford Motor Co, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on FORD MOTOR COMPANY 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 Ford Motor Co, which operates 336 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.

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Frequently asked

What is FORD MOTOR COMPANY's OSHA violation history?
FORD MOTOR COMPANY has 27 OSHA inspections on record with 61 violations and $20,880 in total penalties.
How does FORD MOTOR COMPANY's safety record compare to its industry?
FORD MOTOR COMPANY operates in the motor vehicle metal stamping industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.5. FORD MOTOR COMPANY's self-reported DART rate is 3.8 compared to an industry average of 2.1.
Has FORD MOTOR COMPANY had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving FORD MOTOR COMPANY.