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NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP.

1747 DALE ROAD, BUFFALO, NY, 14225
Operated by Quanta Services Inc · 1 of 300 establishments
335311Power, Distribution, and Specialty Transformer Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
15
over 45 years
Violations
58
$15,992 in penalties
Penalties
$15,992
$276 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP. has accumulated 58 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 45 years of recorded history, with $15,992 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 35 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 6 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
15
0.3 / yr · last 45 yrs
Violations
58
1.3 / yr
Penalties
$15,992
$276 avg / violation
60% serious40% other
Inspection trigger · planned
10 of 15
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 15

53% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 8 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 · 28 citations in this view · $15,922 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0132$2,745Sep 1982Jul 2015
29 CFR 1904.0002 A33Jan 1989Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0107 E0222$420Jan 1989Sep 1997
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0922$105Sep 1982Jan 1989
29 CFR 1910.0184 E03 I21Jan 1989Jan 1989
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0422Sep 1982Jan 1989
29 CFR 1910.0157 G0411$2,100Jul 2015Jul 2015
29 CFR 1910.0137 C02 VIII11$2,100Jul 2015Jul 2015
29 CFR 1910.0095 C0111$2,100Mar 2000Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I11$1,650Jan 2012Jan 2012
29 CFR 1910.0134 M02 II11$1,575Jul 2015Jul 2015
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$875Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0134 C01 I11$472Mar 2000Mar 2000
29 CFR 1910.0107 C0611$445Jan 1989Jan 1989
29 CFR 1910.0024 F11$315Sep 1997Sep 1997
29 CFR 1910.0242 B11$265Sep 1997Sep 1997
29 CFR 1910.1200 F04 I11$240Jan 1989Jan 1989
29 CFR 1910.0184 E0111$215Jan 1989Jan 1989
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$180Jan 1989Jan 1989
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$120Sep 1982Sep 1982

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3353 within NY. Peer group: 35 employers. This establishment has 58 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $3,570
Inspection frequency
100th
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
3.3
vs industry
+0.9
TRIR
3.3
vs industry
+0.3

Reported for 98 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
3.0
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.4
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

Planned
10
Complaint
5

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) · Nov 2018

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet

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
Nov 16, 2018Other fall to lower level less than 6 feetLower leg(s)Hospitalized

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
6 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 6+ years. Most recent activity: 6 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

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
FMLA (family & medical leave)Mar 202011

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 periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2019 – Mar 2020Electronic Coil, Transformer, and Other Inductor ManufacturingFMLA11

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 NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board

Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical

Total applications
4
Certified
4
Avg wage ratio
1.46x
H-1BE-3 Australian

Office of Foreign Labor Certification — labor condition applications for H-1B, H-2A, H-2B visa programs. Wage ratio = offered / prevailing wage. Historical data only: DOL ended OFLC Performance Data Disclosure publication in 2026, so the figures above reflect filings through the last ingested cycle and are not being refreshed. Treat as a historical snapshot, not a current signal.

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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
NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP
1747 DALE ROAD · BUFFALO, NY, 14225
AirRCRANo Violation Identified00Oct 2018View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
1642842
Operation
C

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — QUANTA SERVICES, INC. (across 23 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$64.5M
Obligated (all-time)
$250.8M
Awards (all-time)
158

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
2015-04-22Planned44$8,400
2015-01-06Planned0$0
2011-09-06Complaint32$1,650
1999-12-16Planned87$2,572
1999-12-13Planned21$875
1999-10-28Planned0$0
1999-08-26Planned0$0
1999-08-26Planned0$0
1999-05-27Complaint0$0
1997-06-18Complaint63$1,000
1989-01-03Complaint146$570
1988-12-27Complaint1410$685
1985-04-23Planned0$0
1982-09-21Planned72$240
1981-02-03Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP. is one of 300 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Quanta Services Inc.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Quanta Services Inc across all 300 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in power, distribution, and specialty transformer manufacturing within NY, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Quanta Services Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP. 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 Quanta Services Inc, which operates 300 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 NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP.'s OSHA violation history?
NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP. has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 58 violations and $15,992 in total penalties.
How does NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP.'s safety record compare to its industry?
NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP. operates in the power, distribution, and specialty transformer manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3. NIAGARA TRANSFORMER CORP.'s self-reported DART rate is 3.33 compared to an industry average of 2.4.