Establishment profile
HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO
2255 SOUTH ROCKWELL, Chicago, IL, 60608
Operated by Handy Button Machine Company · 1 of 3 establishments
EIN 361186660
Summary
HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO has accumulated 29 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 50 years of recorded history, with $855 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 76,457 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 50 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 16 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, 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
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations,
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 0000 within IL. Peer group: 76,457 employers. This establishment has 29 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 50+ years. Most recent activity: 50 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.
Visa & labor certification (OFLC)
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file 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 →
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975-09-18 | Planned | 29 | — | $855 |
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.
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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 CO.MELROSE PARK, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Handy Button Machine Company locationsParent rollup
- NAICS 000All employers in this industry
- Employers in ILState-wide enforcement data
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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.
Frequently asked
- What is HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO's OSHA violation history?
- HANDY BUTTON MACHINE CO has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 29 violations and $855 in total penalties.