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MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO

565 ABBOTT ROAD, BUFFALO, NY, 14220
Operated by Catholic Health Initiatives · 1 of 43 establishments
622110General Medical and Surgical Hospitals
EIN 160756336

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OSHA inspections
3
over 6 years
Violations
7
$28,500 in penalties
Penalties
$28,500
$4,071 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO has accumulated 7 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 6 years of recorded history, with $28,500 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 74th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 389 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 65th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
3
0.5 / yr · last 6 yrs
Violations
7
1.2 / yr
Penalties
$28,500
$4,071 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 3

33% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 7 distinct standards shown · 7 citations in this view · $28,500 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1926.1101 E0111$5,700Sep 2019Sep 2019
29 CFR 1910.1030 C01 II C11$5,700Sep 2019Sep 2019
29 CFR 1926.1101 F01 I11$5,700Sep 2019Sep 2019
29 CFR 1926.1101 H02 I11$5,700Sep 2019Sep 2019
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$5,700Sep 2019Sep 2019
29 CFR 1910.1030 H05 I A11Sep 2019Sep 2019
29 CFR 1926.1101 K07 I11Sep 2019Sep 2019

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

74th

Above average violations in NAICS 6221 within NY. Peer group: 389 employers. This establishment has 7 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
65th
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
13.4
vs industry
+11.3
TRIR
16.1
vs industry
+11.0

Reported for 2,053 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
5.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
16.1
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

Complaint
1

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

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Apr 12, 2021Infectious DiseaseFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

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)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0

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

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FLSA — minimum wage & overtimeMay 202511

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

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
May 2023 – May 2025General Medical and Surgical HospitalsFLSA10

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 MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NY — for Catholic Health Initiatives, not this location alone

Total cases
19
Unfair labor practice
19

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 Catholic Health Initiatives 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.). 19 cases · 19 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
03-CA-336621Unfair labor practiceFeb 2024Mar 2024ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-201854Unfair labor practiceJul 2017Aug 2017ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-177963Unfair labor practiceJun 2016Sep 2016ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-177282Unfair labor practiceMay 2016Sep 2016ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-177277Unfair labor practiceMay 2016Sep 2016ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-174537Unfair labor practiceApr 2016May 2016ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-171583Unfair labor practiceMar 2016Apr 2016ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-171574Unfair labor practiceMar 2016Apr 2016ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-164007Unfair labor practiceNov 2015Feb 2016ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-161256Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Nov 2015ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-159185Unfair labor practiceSep 2015Sep 2015ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-149508Unfair labor practiceApr 2015Dec 2015ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-148191Unfair labor practiceMar 2015Dec 2015ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-148188Unfair labor practiceMar 2015Dec 2015ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-130308Unfair labor practiceJun 2014Jun 2014ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-122999Unfair labor practiceFeb 2014Feb 2014ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-107662Unfair labor practiceJun 2013Jun 2013ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-096757Unfair labor practiceJan 2013Jan 2013ClosedRegion 03, Buffalo, New York
03-CA-027043Unfair labor practiceFeb 2009Mar 2009ClosedRegion 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 MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO
565 ABBOTT ROAD · BUFFALO, NY, 14220
AirRCRANo Violation Identified10Feb 2026View →

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.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$6.2M
Awards
8
Top agency
Department of Veterans Affairs
$6.2M
Company-wide — CATHOLIC HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. (across 3 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$7.0M
Awards (all-time)
15

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

Largest awards
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    IGF::OT::IGF - CBOC SERVICES IN LACKWANNA, NY AND SPRINGVILLE, NY.
    contract · Last action 2015-01-07
    $1,634,550
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    LACKAWANNA AND SPRINGVILLE CBOCS FY13 FUNDING
    contract · Last action 2013-11-05
    $1,374,936
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    CBOC
    contract · Last action 2011-07-19
    $968,727
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    CBOC
    contract · Last action 2011-10-01
    $945,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    LACKWANNA CBOC
    contract · Last action 2010-09-30
    $865,964
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    LACKWANNA CBOC
    contract · Last action 2009-04-07
    $380,000
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    IGF::OT::IGF - CBOC SERVICES IN LACKAWANNA NY.
    contract · Last action 2015-02-03
    $44,371
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
    CBOC - CAPITATED - LACKAWANNA SPRINGVILLE NY
    contract · Last action 2014-10-14
    $0

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 621111 - OFFICES OF PHYSICIANS (EXCEPT MENTAL HEALTH SPECIALISTS). Last action: 2015-02-03. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2022-03-23Monitoring0$0
2021-04-13Fatality/Catastrophe0$0
2019-07-26Complaint77$28,500

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO is one of 43 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Catholic Health Initiatives.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Catholic Health Initiatives across all 43 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO 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 Catholic Health Initiatives, which operates 43 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 MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO's OSHA violation history?
MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 7 violations and $28,500 in total penalties.
How does MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO's safety record compare to its industry?
MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO operates in the general medical and surgical hospitals industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 5.1. MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO's self-reported DART rate is 13.44 compared to an industry average of 2.1.
Has MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving MERCY HOSPITAL OF BUFFALO.