Establishment profile
KENNEDY VALVE, INC.
1021 EAST WATER STREET, ELMIRA, NY, 14901
Operated by McWane Inc · 1 of 3 establishments
332911 — Industrial Valve Manufacturing
EIN 630139000
Summary
KENNEDY VALVE, INC. has accumulated 47 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 45 years of recorded history, with $20,728 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 96th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 297 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 95th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 9 years ago.
Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
KENNEDY VALVE, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
40% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 25 citations in this view · $20,728 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 E | 3 | 1 | — | Feb 1987 | Feb 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 P01 | 2 | 2 | $750 | Jan 1981 | Jan 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 2 | 1 | $315 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1000 A02 | 2 | 1 | — | Feb 1987 | Feb 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 E01 | 1 | 1 | $3,750 | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 D09 | 1 | 1 | $3,750 | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C02 | 1 | 1 | $3,750 | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 G01 | 1 | 1 | $3,750 | Jan 1995 | Jan 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 K01 | 1 | 1 | $938 | Jan 1993 | Jan 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 C01 | 1 | 1 | $800 | Feb 1987 | Feb 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 I01 | 1 | 1 | $800 | Feb 1987 | Feb 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $800 | Feb 1987 | Feb 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 A01 | 1 | 1 | $800 | Feb 1987 | Feb 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C02 | 1 | 1 | $210 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I | 1 | 1 | $105 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0110 E04 III | 1 | 1 | $70 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0242 B | 1 | 1 | $70 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 025051 | 1 | 1 | $70 | Mar 1981 | Mar 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1025 E01 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1987 | Feb 1987 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1987 | Feb 1987 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3329 within NY. Peer group: 297 employers. This establishment has 47 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 403 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) · Mar 2019 – Dec 2019
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2019 | Contact with hot objects or substances | Foot (feet), unspecified | Hospitalized | |
| Mar 7, 2019 | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
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 9+ years. Most recent activity: 9 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) | Apr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2013 – Apr 2015 | Industrial Valve 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 KENNEDY VALVE, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in NY — for McWane Inc, 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 McWane Inc 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.). 3 cases · 3 ULP
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03-CA-127630 | Unfair labor practice | Apr 2014 | Jun 2014 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
| 03-CA-026852 | Unfair labor practice | Sep 2008 | Jul 2010 | Closed | Region 03, Buffalo, New York |
| 03-CA-025065 | Unfair labor practice | Sep 2004 | Feb 2006 | 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 KENNEDY VALVE, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for KENNEDY VALVE, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for KENNEDY VALVE, INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-28 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2007-05-22 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2005-06-29 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1994-08-28 | Complaint | 4 | 4 | $15,000 | |
| 1993-02-19 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1992-10-02 | Complaint | 2 | 2 | $1,688 | |
| 1990-03-28 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1987-06-24 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1986-10-23 | Complaint | 19 | 14 | $3,200 | |
| 1980-12-16 | Planned | 22 | 3 | $840 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
KENNEDY VALVE, INC. is one of 3 establishments rolled up under the parent organization McWane Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of McWane Inc across all 3 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other employers in this industry and state
Other employers in industrial valve manufacturing within NY, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- PLATTCO CORPORATIONPLATTSBURGH — 3 federal enforcement records
- POROUS MATERIALS, INC.ITHACA — 2 federal enforcement records
- DANFOSS FLOMATIC CORPORATIONGLENS FALLS — 1 federal enforcement record
- KENNEDY VALVE, A DIVISION OF MCWANE, INC.ELMIRA — 1 federal enforcement record
- PRECISION VALVE & AUTOMOTIVE INCHALFMOON — 1 federal enforcement record
- WILLIAM E. WILLIAMS VALVE CORPLONG ISLAND CITY — 1 federal enforcement record
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by McWane Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- MCWANE, INC.OAKLAND, CA — 1 federal enforcement record
- WATERMAN VALVE LLCEXETER, CA — 0 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All McWane Inc locationsParent rollup
- Industrial Valve ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in NYState-wide enforcement data
- Industrial Valve Manufacturing in NYIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on KENNEDY VALVE, 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 McWane Inc, which operates 3 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is KENNEDY VALVE, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- KENNEDY VALVE, INC. has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 47 violations and $20,728 in total penalties.
- How does KENNEDY VALVE, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- KENNEDY VALVE, INC. operates in the industrial valve manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.3. KENNEDY VALVE, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 4.19 compared to an industry average of 0.7.