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CORNING INCORPORATED

310 NORTH COLLEGE ROAD, WILMINGTON, NC, 28405
Operated by Corning Incorporated · 1 of 10 establishments
335921Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing
EIN 160393470

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OSHA inspections
13
over 30 years
Violations
6
$9,523 in penalties
Penalties
$9,523
$1,587 avg
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

CORNING INCORPORATED has accumulated 6 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 30 years of recorded history, with $9,523 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 62nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 87 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 8 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 16 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

CORNING INCORPORATED appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, OFLC visa and labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
13
0.4 / yr · last 30 yrs
Violations
6
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$9,523
$1,587 avg / violation
33% serious67% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 13
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 13

38% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.

Peer comparison

62nd

Above average violations in NAICS 3359 within NC. Peer group: 87 employers. This establishment has 6 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
88th
peer median: $100
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

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.

DART rate
0.6
vs industry
−0.7
TRIR
0.6
vs industry
−0.9

Reported for 896 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

Industry avg TRIR
1.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.3
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.6
OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported)

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
9
Accident
1
Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for CORNING INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
8 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 8+ years. Most recent activity: 8 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for CORNING INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for CORNING INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NC — for Corning Incorporated, not this location alone

Total cases
8
Unfair labor practice
8

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 Corning Incorporated locations in the same state.

Visa & labor certification (OFLC)

No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file for CORNING INCORPORATED. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
11
Quarters non-compliant
10

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.

Federal criminal prosecution record

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$0
Disposition
NP
Crime type
Antitrust

First case: 2016-05-16. Most recent: 2016-05-16. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2017-11-15Complaint2$1,950
2016-11-02Unprogrammed Related0$0
2013-04-10Complaint11$4,410
2013-02-04Complaint11$1,788
2010-06-29Complaint0$0
2010-03-22Referral0$0
2010-03-22Referral0$0
2009-10-09Accident0$0
2003-08-18Complaint0$0
1999-04-14Complaint1$1,375
1997-02-11Complaint0$0
1996-11-14Complaint1$0
1996-02-27Complaint0$0

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CORNING INCORPORATED is one of 10 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Corning Incorporated.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Corning Incorporated across all 10 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Corning Incorporated, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CORNING 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 Corning Incorporated, which operates 10 establishments in our dataset.

OSHA citations typically appear 3–8 months after the inspection, so very recent enforcement actions may not yet be reflected. Profiles may be incomplete if the establishment operates under multiple legal names or files under variations our entity-matching rules don’t yet cover. To report a missing record or correction, email corrections@fastdol.com.

Frequently asked

What is CORNING INCORPORATED's OSHA violation history?
CORNING INCORPORATED has 13 OSHA inspections on record with 6 violations and $9,522.5 in total penalties.
How does CORNING INCORPORATED's safety record compare to its industry?
CORNING INCORPORATED operates in the fiber optic cable manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.5. CORNING INCORPORATED's self-reported DART rate is 0.55 compared to an industry average of 1.3.