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JOHNS MANVILLE

408 PERRY ST., DEFIANCE, OH, 43512
Operated by BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC · 1 of 1,594 establishments
327215Glass Product Manufacturing Made of Purchased Glass
EIN 130889690

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OSHA inspections
9
over 44 years
Violations
5
$42,762 in penalties
Penalties
$42,762
$8,552 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

JOHNS MANVILLE has accumulated 5 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 44 years of recorded history, with $42,762 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 51st percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 90 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 91st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 2 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

JOHNS MANVILLE appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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

Inspections
9
0.2 / yr · last 44 yrs
Violations
5
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$42,762
$8,552 avg / violation
100% serious0% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 9
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 9

33% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 3 distinct standards shown · 5 citations in this view · $42,762 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 D22$24,131Jan 2024Aug 2024
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0122$17,631Jan 2006Aug 2024
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$1,000Jan 2006Jan 2006

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

51st

Above average violations in NAICS 3272 within OH. Peer group: 90 employers. This establishment has 5 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
89th
peer median: $4,171
Inspection frequency
91st
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
1.5
vs industry
−0.4
TRIR
2.0
vs industry
−1.4

Reported for 374 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
3.4
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.0
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
5
Referral
4

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) · Oct 2023 – May 2024

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
0
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

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
May 12, 2024Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testingOther finger(s) n.e.c.Amputation
Oct 12, 2023Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jun 15, 2009AMPUTATED,WAREHOUSE,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,COLLISION,CRUSHED,INDUSTRIAL TRUCK,STORAGE AREA,INATTENTION,LEG11

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
2 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 2+ years. Most recent activity: 2 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)May 201511

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
Jan 2015 – May 2015All Other Miscellaneous 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 JOHNS MANVILLE. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, not this location alone

Total cases
25
Unfair labor practice
25

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 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC 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.). 25 cases · 25 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
08-CA-327020Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Nov 2023ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-270764Unfair labor practiceDec 2020OpenRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-260466Unfair labor practiceMay 2020Aug 2020ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-259899Unfair labor practiceMay 2020Nov 2020ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-254672Unfair labor practiceJan 2020Feb 2020ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-249518Unfair labor practiceOct 2019Jan 2020ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-245686Unfair labor practiceJul 2019Oct 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-237141Unfair labor practiceMar 2019May 2019ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-229458Unfair labor practiceOct 2018Dec 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-222566Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Sep 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-222565Unfair labor practiceJun 2018Sep 2018ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-194214Unfair labor practiceMar 2017Apr 2017ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-182613Unfair labor practiceAug 2016Sep 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-174775Unfair labor practiceApr 2016Jun 2016ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-152648Unfair labor practiceMay 2015Jul 2015ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-110301Unfair labor practiceAug 2013Jun 2014ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-099902Unfair labor practiceMar 2013Apr 2013ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038616Unfair labor practiceOct 2009Nov 2009ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-038227Unfair labor practiceMar 2009Aug 2009ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-037663Unfair labor practiceMar 2008Mar 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-037504Unfair labor practiceNov 2007Feb 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-037458Unfair labor practiceOct 2007Nov 2007ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-037256Unfair labor practiceJun 2007Jan 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-036831Unfair labor practiceOct 2006Jul 2008ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-034689Unfair labor practiceNov 2003Apr 2004ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio

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 JOHNS MANVILLE. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for JOHNS MANVILLE. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. (across 177 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$599.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$5.5B
Awards (all-time)
27,649

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
2024-05-21Referral22$32,262
2023-10-18Referral11$8,000
2023-05-03Complaint0$0
2016-12-19Complaint0$0
2009-09-16Referral0$0
2009-07-21Complaint0$0
2006-01-13Complaint22$2,500
2003-05-16Referral0$0
1981-11-12Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

JOHNS MANVILLE is one of 1,594 establishments rolled up under the parent organization BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC across all 1,594 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in glass product manufacturing made of purchased glass within OH, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on JOHNS MANVILLE 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 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, which operates 1,594 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 JOHNS MANVILLE's OSHA violation history?
JOHNS MANVILLE has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 5 violations and $42,762 in total penalties.
How does JOHNS MANVILLE's safety record compare to its industry?
JOHNS MANVILLE operates in the glass product manufacturing made of purchased glass industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 3.4. JOHNS MANVILLE's self-reported DART rate is 1.52 compared to an industry average of 1.9.