Establishment profile
THERMAL FOAMS INC.
2101 KENMORE AVENUE, BUFFALO, NY, 14207
Operated by Thermal Foams, Inc · 1 of 2 establishments
Summary
THERMAL FOAMS INC. has accumulated 20 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 41 years of recorded history, with $4,535 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 132,442 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 30 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
THERMAL FOAMS INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
50% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 19 distinct standards shown · 20 citations in this view · $4,535 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 E03 | 2 | 2 | $335 | Feb 1989 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II | 1 | 1 | $1,500 | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I | 1 | 1 | $600 | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I | 1 | 1 | $600 | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I | 1 | 1 | $300 | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 1 | 1 | $300 | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 A01 | 1 | 1 | $300 | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H | 1 | 1 | $300 | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 | 1 | 1 | $300 | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 IV | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0157 E02 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0332 B01 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0333 B02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Apr 1996 | Apr 1996 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0005 C | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1903.0002 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
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. Peer group: 132,442 employers. This establishment has 20 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 40 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.
Inspection breakdown
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 THERMAL FOAMS INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 30+ years. Most recent activity: 30 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 THERMAL FOAMS INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for THERMAL FOAMS INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for THERMAL FOAMS INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
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 THERMAL FOAMS INC.. 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. 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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
THERMAL FOAMS INC 2101 KENMORE AVENUE BUILDING 13 · BUFFALO, NY, 14207 | AirRCRA | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Sep 2021 | 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.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
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 THERMAL FOAMS INC.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996-05-06 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1996-02-15 | Planned | 10 | 6 | $2,700 | |
| 1989-01-23 | Complaint | 10 | 7 | $1,835 | |
| 1984-12-20 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
THERMAL FOAMS INC. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Thermal Foams, Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Thermal Foams, Inc across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Thermal Foams, Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- THERMAL FOAMS INC.CICERO, NY — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Thermal Foams, Inc locationsParent rollup
- Employers in NYState-wide enforcement data
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on THERMAL FOAMS 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 Thermal Foams, Inc, which operates 2 establishments in our dataset.
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- What is THERMAL FOAMS INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- THERMAL FOAMS INC. has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 20 violations and $4,535 in total penalties.