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H B FULLER CO
$6,240
penalties
7
viol.
4
insp.

H B FULLER CO

2727 KINNEY NW, GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49504

Inspections
4
Jan 1993 to Nov 2012 · 2 safety, 2 health
Violations
7
across 4 inspections
Penalties on record
$6,240
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 3Willful 0Repeat 0Other 4

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Inspection records

Nov 29, 2012Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#315392886$1,4004 viol.

Inspection #315392886

Dates

Opened
Nov 29, 2012
Closing Conference Date
Dec 10, 2012
Closed
Mar 19, 2013

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
43
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
4
Violation Types
1 serious, 3 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$3,500
Penalties on Record
$1,400
Site Address
2727 Kinney Nw, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Industry
325520 Adhesive Manufacturing

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Violations

Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010014080.1011
OSHA citation code: 40801011 A
Other11$1,750$700Feb 5, 2013--
01002A4081330901Serious11$1,750$700Jan 3, 2013--
01002B4081339202Other11$0$0Jan 3, 2013--
020011910.1200
Hazard Communication
OSHA citation code: 19101200 H01
Other11$0$0Feb 5, 2013--
Dec 14, 2005Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#308848803$1,5751 viol.

Inspection #308848803

Dates

Opened
Dec 14, 2005
Closing Conference Date
Apr 25, 2006
Contested
Jul 12, 2006
Final Order
Jun 9, 2008
Closed
Aug 27, 2008

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
45

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 serious
Initial Penalties
$2,250
Penalties on Record
$1,575
Site Address
2727 Kinney Nw, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Industry
325520 Adhesive Manufacturing

Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.134
Respiratory Protection
OSHA citation code: 19100134 C01
Serious115$2,250$1,575Jul 28, 2008Jul 12, 2006Jun 9, 2008
Dec 14, 2005FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Health#307733733$3,2652 viol.

Inspection #307733733

Dates

Opened
Dec 14, 2005
Closing Conference Date
Apr 25, 2006
Contested
Jul 12, 2006
Final Order
Jun 9, 2008
Closed
Aug 27, 2008

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
45
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
2
Violation Types
1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$4,650
Penalties on Record
$3,265
Site Address
2727 Kinney Nw, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Industry
325520 Adhesive Manufacturing

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalityDec 16, 2005

Employee is overcome by chemical vapors and dies

Injury: OtherBody part: MultipleSource: Chemical Liquids/VaporsEvent: Inhalation

Violations

Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010013254720101Serious115$4,200$2,940Jun 28, 2006Jul 12, 2006Jun 9, 2008
020014082212904Other445$450$325Jun 28, 2006Jul 12, 2006Jun 9, 2008
Jan 5, 1993Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#114879034$00 viol.

Inspection #114879034

Dates

Opened
Jan 5, 1993
Closing Conference Date
Feb 2, 1993
Closed
Jul 2, 1993

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
45

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
2727 Kinney Nw, Grand Rapids, MI 49504
Industry
Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.

Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.

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Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records

About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

1910.134Respiratory Protection1 citation · $1,575
1910.1200Hazard Communication1 citation · $0
32547201011 citation · $2,940

Industry comparison

BLS 2024 survey: paint, coating, and adhesive manufacturing reported 2.4 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 12.6%; NAICS 3255 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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