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29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2): The employer did not ensure that an employee using a tight-fitting facepiece respirator was fit tested prior to the initial use of the respirator, whenever a different respirator facepiece (size, style, model or make) was used, and at least annually thereafter: a. On or about January 31, 2018 through February 16, 2018, the employer had not ensured that each employee working in the production room with full and half face tight fitting air-purifying respirators had been provided with either an initial use fit test(s) or had received annual fit test(s), accordingly. b. On or about January 31, 2018, the employer had not ensured that each employee working in the epoxy room with half face tight fitting air-purifying respirators had been provided with either an initial use fit test or had received an annual fit test, accordingly. c. On or about January 31, 2018, the employer had not ensured that each employee working in the packaging room with half face tight fitting air-purifying respirators had been provided with either an initial use fit test or had received an annual fit test, accordingly. H.B. Fuller Company dBA Wisdom Adhesives LLC was previously cited for a violation of an equivalent Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1910.134(f)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1214688, citation number 1, item number 3c and was affirmed as a final order on September 20, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 1575 Executive Drive, Elgin, IL 60123. H.B. Fuller Construction Products, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 1910.134(f)(2) which was contained in OSHA Inspection #1055771, Citation #1, Item 2, and was affirmed as a final order on October 26, 2015, with respect to a workplace located at 315 S. Hicks Rd., Palatine, Illinois, 60067.