Establishment profile
BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED
20 JAYCEE DRIVE, HAZLETON, PA, 18202
Operated by Bemis Company, Inc · 1 of 20 establishments
326199 — All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
Summary
BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED has accumulated 12 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 25 years of recorded history, with $11,469 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 76th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 756 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 85th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 13 years ago.
Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, 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
67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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. 12 distinct standards shown · 12 citations in this view · $11,469 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0027 B01 III | 1 | 1 | $3,094 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | $2,475 | Dec 2012 | Dec 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 G08 IIB | 1 | 1 | $2,250 | May 2011 | May 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B02 | 1 | 1 | $1,000 | Jun 2007 | Jun 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $975 | Jul 2001 | Jul 2001 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $925 | Jun 2007 | Jun 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0004 A | 1 | 1 | $750 | May 2011 | May 2011 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 A09 | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2012 | Dec 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 A02 | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2012 | Dec 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2012 | Dec 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2007 | Jun 2007 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0144 A01 III | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 2007 | Jun 2007 |
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
Above average violations in NAICS 3261 within PA. Peer group: 756 employers. This establishment has 12 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.
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.
Reported for 401 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
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- 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) · Apr 2015
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.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 2015 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 13+ years. Most recent activity: 13 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.
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 · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2007 | Plastics Bag and Pouch Manufacturing | — | — | 1 | — | — |
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 BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
Company-level in PA — for Bemis Company, Inc, not this location alone
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 Bemis Company, 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.). 7 cases · 7 ULP
| Case number | Type | Filed | Closed | Status | Region |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04-CA-215775 | Unfair labor practice | Mar 2018 | Jan 2019 | Closed | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 04-CA-037475 | Unfair labor practice | May 2010 | Dec 2011 | Closed | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 04-CA-035079 | Unfair labor practice | Dec 2006 | Apr 2008 | Closed | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 04-CA-034918 | Unfair labor practice | Sep 2006 | Jan 2008 | Closed | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 04-CA-034465 | Unfair labor practice | Feb 2006 | May 2008 | Closed | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 04-CA-034012 | Unfair labor practice | Jul 2005 | Apr 2006 | Closed | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| 04-CA-033999 | Unfair labor practice | Jul 2005 | Jul 2006 | Closed | Region 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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 BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility · $8,500 in assessed penalties.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BEMIS COMPANY INC. 20 JAYCEE DR · HAZLETON, PA, 18202 | AirWaterRCRA | No Violation Identified QNCR 3 | 5 | 1 | $8,500 | Feb 2025 | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-07-16 | Referral | 5 | 3 | $5,569 | |
| 2011-05-13 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2010-12-27 | Complaint | 2 | 1 | $3,000 | |
| 2007-04-09 | Planned | 4 | 2 | $1,925 | |
| 2001-06-18 | Complaint | 1 | 1 | $975 | |
| 2001-06-18 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
Part of a larger organization
BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED is one of 20 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Bemis Company, Inc.
Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Bemis Company, Inc across all 20 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.
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Other employers in all other plastics product manufacturing within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
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- MCCLARIN PLASTICSHANOVER — 3 federal enforcement records
- ACTON TECHNOLOGIES, INCPITTSTON — 3 federal enforcement records
- PORT ERIE PLASTICS INC.HARBORCREEK — 3 federal enforcement records
- NATIONAL MOLDING LLCAMBRIDGE — 2 federal enforcement records
- C & J INDUSTRIES, INC.MEADVILLE — 2 federal enforcement records
- WOLVERINE PLASTICS INCELLWOOD CITY — 2 federal enforcement records
- RYNONE MANUFACTURING CORP.SAYRE — 2 federal enforcement records
- PALRAM AMERICASKUTZTOWN — 2 federal enforcement records
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Bemis Company, Inc, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- Bemis Company, Inc.Oshkosh, WI — 2 federal enforcement records
- BEMIS CO INCTerre Haute, IN — 2 federal enforcement records
- Bemis CompanyNeenah, WI — 2 federal enforcement records
- BEMIS CO INCIndianapolis, IN — 2 federal enforcement records
- BEMIS COMPANY, INC.PEORIA, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
- BEMIS CO INCPeoria, IL — 2 federal enforcement records
- BEMIS CO., INC.OSHKOSH, WI — 2 federal enforcement records
- BEMISNEENAH, WI — 2 federal enforcement records
- BEMIS COMPANY, INC.AKRON, OH — 1 federal enforcement record
- BEMIS COMPANY, INC.CROSSETT, AR — 1 federal enforcement record
Related searches
- All Bemis Company, Inc locationsParent rollup
- All Other Plastics Product ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in PAState-wide enforcement data
- All Other Plastics in PAIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED 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 Bemis Company, Inc, which operates 20 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED's OSHA violation history?
- BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED has 6 OSHA inspections on record with 12 violations and $11,468.75 in total penalties.
- How does BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED's safety record compare to its industry?
- BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED operates in the all other plastics product manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. BEMIS COMPANY INCORPORATED's self-reported DART rate is 1.25 compared to an industry average of 1.8.