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Devries Bar Grinding Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Minneapolis, Minnesota · Machine Shops · NAICS 332710

8inspections
10citation items
$1,160current penalties
Feb 27, 2025last inspection

OSHA has inspected Devries Bar Grinding Inc 8 times in Minnesota since 1992.

The latest one began on Feb 27, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Minneapolis.

Those inspections ended with 10 citation items: 4 serious and 6 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,700 and now stand at $1,160, 32% lower after settlements or reviews.

comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 5205.1200.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Devries Bar Grinding Inc averages $545 (2 cited inspections).

Devries Bar Grinding Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1992 to 2025
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 348077124 OPENED FEB 27, 2025Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 13 employees at the site · Closed Mar 25, 2025

2433 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$300$180Mar 6, 2025Final

Inspection 345145338 OPENED FEB 11, 2021Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed Mar 31, 2021

2433 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$450$315Feb 24, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1) · Eye and face protection
Serious$450$315Feb 24, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.138(a) · Gloves and hand protection
Serious$300$210Feb 24, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$100$70Feb 24, 2021Final

Inspection 342894003 OPENED JAN 10, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 18 employees at the site · Closed Jan 25, 2018

2433 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 317908002 OPENED NOV 5, 2014Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Nov 7, 2014

2433 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315495085 OPENED APR 14, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 15 employees at the site · Closed Apr 25, 2011

2433 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 311383624 OPENED AUG 29, 2007Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed Sep 25, 2007

2433 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 · Machine Shops · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(d) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$100$70Sep 12, 2007Closed

Inspection 120442298 OPENED JAN 14, 1993Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Mar 1, 1993

2433 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 12, 1993Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(q)(1) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 12, 1993Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 12, 1993Closed
Citation 1, item 4 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 12, 1993Closed

Inspection 120442330 OPENED DEC 28, 1992Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · Closed Dec 31, 1992

2433 Minnehaha Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55404 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1)

(d) Hazard assessment and equipment selection. (1) The employer shall assess the workplace to determine if hazards are present, or are likely to be present, which necessitate the use of personal protective equipment (PPE). If such hazards are present, or likely to be present, the employer shall:

29 CFR 1910.133 · Eye and face protection

29 CFR 1910.133(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

29 CFR 1910.138 · Gloves and hand protection

29 CFR 1910.138(a)

(a) General requirements. Employers shall select and require employees to use appropriate hand protection when employees' hands are exposed to hazards such as those from skin absorption of harmful substances; severe cuts or lacerations; severe abrasions; punctures; chemical burns; thermal burns; and harmful temperature extremes.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

29 CFR 5205.1200

29 CFR 5205.675

29 CFR 5205.750

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