OSHA Inspection: THE BIRO MANUFACTURING COMPANY

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 28, 2026

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(c)(2)(ii): The employer did not establish and implement those elements of a written program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily was medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator was cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user:   On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, where employee's voluntarily wear a 3m full facepiece respirator while performing grinding operations, the employer had not implemented a written respiratory protection program.

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

Aug 7, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1910.134(d)(1)(iii): The employer did not identify and evaluate the respiratory hazard(s) in the workplace; including a reasonable estimate of employee exposures to respiratory hazards and identification of the contaminant's chemical state and physical form:  On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, where employees voluntarily wear N95 Filtering Facepiece Respirator and a 3M full face tight-fitting respirator while working in the grinding room, the employer had not performed an evaluation and/or sampling.

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 28, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(e)(1): The employer did not provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee was fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace:  On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, where employees voluntarily wear a 3M full face tight-fitting respirator while working in the grinding room, the employer had not ensured employees received a medical evaluation.

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 28, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(3): Training was not provided prior to requiring employees to use a respirator in the workplace:  On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, where employees voluntarily wear a 3M full face tight-fitting respirator while working in the grinding room, the employer had not trained employees.

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $8,276 · Current $5,793 Reduced

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29 CFR  1910.212(a)(1): One or more methods of machine guarding was not provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks:   On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, the employer failed to ensure the sanding belt on the Tool master sander/grinder, serial number 2125796 in the grinding room  had guards attached at the ingoing nip point/point of operation in the front of the machine

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1910.215(a)(2): Abrasive wheel(s) used on grinding machinery were not provided with safety guard(s) which covered the spindle end, nut, flange projections:  On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, the employer failed to ensure the end spindle nut on the grinding wheel of the Tool master sander/grinder, serial number 2125796 in the grinding room was guarded.

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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29 CFR  1910.215(a)(4): Grinding machinery was not used with work rest(s) to support offhand grinding work:  On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, the employer failed to ensure the work rest grinding wheel and sanding belt of the Tool master sander/grinder, serial number 2125796 in the grinding room was attached to the machine and used.

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.215(b)(9): The distance between the abrasive wheel periphery(s) and the adjustable tongue or the end of the safety guard peripheral member at the top exceeded one fourth inch:   On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, the employer failed to ensure the safety guard peripheral member on the  grinding wheel of the Tool master sander/grinder, serial number 2125796 in the grinding room was attached to the machine and used.

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.219(a)(2): Vertical and inclined belts (paragraphs (e) (3) and (4) of this section) if not more than two and one-half (2 1/2) inches wide and running at a speed of less than one thousand (1,000) feet per minute, and if free from metal lacings or fastenings were not guarded with a nip-point belt and pulley guard:  On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, the employer failed to ensure the sanding belt of the Tool master sander/grinder, serial number 2125796 in the grinding room was guarded.

Issued

Apr 23, 2026

Abate by

May 28, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.134(k)(6): The employer did not provide the basic advisory information on respirators, as presented in Appendix D of 29 CFR 1910.134, in written or oral format to employees who wear respirators when such use was not required by the employer:  On or about April 1, 2026, at 6658 Promway Avenue, NW, North Canton, OH 44720, where employees voluntarily wear an N95 filtering facepiece respirator while working in the grinding room, Appendix D information had not been provided.