Establishment profile
HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.
1750 N. 25TH AVENUE, MELROSE PARK, IL, 60160
Operated by Handy Button Machine Company · 1 of 3 establishments
EIN 361186660
Summary
HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO. has accumulated 61 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 45 years of recorded history, with $6,030 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 76,453 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 32 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO. appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
62% 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 · 33 citations in this view · $5,430 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 C01 I | 3 | 3 | $870 | Feb 1983 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 B05 I | 3 | 2 | — | Apr 1981 | Aug 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 C02 IA | 2 | 2 | $1,570 | Apr 1986 | Nov 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 B01 | 2 | 2 | $950 | Apr 1986 | Nov 1993 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 B07 VIII | 2 | 2 | $400 | Feb 1983 | Jun 1983 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 2 | 2 | $330 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I | 2 | 2 | $200 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0107 B09 | 2 | 2 | — | Apr 1981 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II | 2 | 2 | — | Apr 1981 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 E01 I | 2 | 1 | — | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 050104 | 2 | 1 | — | Apr 1981 | Apr 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 B01 | 1 | 1 | $300 | Aug 1986 | Aug 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $230 | Apr 1986 | Apr 1986 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 1 | 1 | $100 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0309 A 050191 | 1 | 1 | $100 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 D09 IV | 1 | 1 | $100 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0217 B08 I | 1 | 1 | $100 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 K02 | 1 | 1 | $60 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 A05 | 1 | 1 | $60 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1981 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0036 B04 | 1 | 1 | $60 | Apr 1981 | Apr 1981 |
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: 76,453 employers. This establishment has 61 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 45 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 HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration →
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 32+ years. Most recent activity: 32 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 HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in IL — for Handy Button Machine Company, 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 Handy Button Machine Company 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.). 1 case · 1 representation
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13-RD-002661 | Representation election | Nov 2010 | Nov 2010 | Closed | Region 13, Chicago, Illinois |
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 HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.. 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 · 1 marked inactive.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO 1750 N 25TH AVENUE · MELROSE PARK, IL, 60160 | AirRCRA | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | Sep 2009 | 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.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-10-26 | Planned | 5 | 2 | $2,250 | |
| 1988-11-17 | Monitoring | 2 | — | $0 | |
| 1988-07-29 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1988-01-15 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1988-01-15 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1987-10-29 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1987-02-04 | Monitoring | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1986-09-02 | Monitoring | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1986-04-08 | Referral | 5 | 1 | $300 | |
| 1986-03-05 | Planned | 10 | 5 | $1,460 | |
| 1983-05-05 | Planned | 4 | — | $500 | |
| 1981-03-11 | Planned | 31 | 27 | $1,520 | |
| 1981-02-12 | Complaint | 3 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO. is one of 3 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Handy Button Machine Company.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Handy Button Machine Company across all 3 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Handy Button Machine Company, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.WHEELING, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
- HANDY BUTTON MACHINE COChicago, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Handy Button Machine Company locationsParent rollup
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO. 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 Handy Button Machine Company, which operates 3 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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- What is HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO.'s OSHA violation history?
- HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO. has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 61 violations and $6,030 in total penalties.