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CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.

100 W. WILLOW RD., WHEELING, IL, 60090
Operated by Potomac Corp · 1 of 2 establishments
322121Paper (except Newsprint) Mills
EIN 800255319

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OSHA inspections
12
over 52 years
Violations
56
$18,745 in penalties
Penalties
$18,745
$335 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

CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C. has accumulated 56 OSHA violations across 12 inspections over 52 years of recorded history, with $18,745 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 27 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
12
0.2 / yr · last 52 yrs
Violations
56
1.1 / yr
Penalties
$18,745
$335 avg / violation
36% serious64% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 12
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 12

67% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 6 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 30 citations in this view · $18,625 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$1,840May 1977Dec 1993
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II33$1,470Apr 1974Dec 1993
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$1,530Apr 1974Dec 1993
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0322$1,295May 1986Dec 1993
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122$30Apr 1974May 1977
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0122Apr 1974Dec 1993
29 CFR 1910.0176 B22May 1977Aug 1982
29 CFR 1910.0213 P0422Apr 1974May 1977
29 CFR 1910.0147 D11$2,450Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11$1,960Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$1,960Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$1,960Feb 2016Feb 2016
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0111$1,500Dec 1993Dec 1993
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0411$1,000Dec 1993Dec 1993
29 CFR 1910.0095 B0111$810Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111$320Aug 1989Aug 1989
29 CFR 1910.0038 A0111$280Nov 1990Nov 1990
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$95May 1986May 1986
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 II11$95May 1986May 1986
29 CFR 1910.0106 E06 I11$30Apr 1974Apr 1974

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3221 within IL. Peer group: 27 employers. This establishment has 56 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
81st
peer median: $3,400
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
1.1
vs industry
−0.9
TRIR
2.1
vs industry
−0.8

Reported for 99 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
2.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.0
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.1
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

Planned
5
Complaint
5
Referral
1
Follow-up
1

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 CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 years ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Feb 200511

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

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 · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Nov 2004 – Feb 2005Lead Pencil and Art Good ManufacturingFMLA11

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 CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in IL — for Potomac Corp, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

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 Potomac Corp 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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
13-CA-046348Unfair labor practiceOct 2010Oct 2010ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-041110Unfair labor practiceJun 2003Aug 2003ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois

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 CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

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 · 1 marked inactive.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
CRESCENT CARDBOARD CO
100 W WILLOW · WHEELING, IL, 60090
RCRANo Violation Identified00View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
76326

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$20K
Awards
1
Top agency
Department of Defense
$20K
Company-wide — POTOMAC CORPORATION (across 2 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$56K
Awards (all-time)
3

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    MAT CUTTER
    contract · Last action 2015-08-07
    $20,405

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 334418 - PRINTED CIRCUIT ASSEMBLY (ELECTRONIC ASSEMBLY) MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2015-08-07. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2015-11-30Referral54$8,330
2010-10-27Complaint0$0
1999-02-17Complaint0$0
1993-11-16Planned117$7,600
1990-08-10Complaint54$1,730
1989-06-30Complaint11$320
1986-04-18Planned63$285
1982-08-20Planned2$0
1978-03-14Complaint0$0
1977-06-29Follow-up0$0
1977-05-05Planned81$240
1974-04-22Planned18$240

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C. is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Potomac Corp.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Potomac Corp across all 2 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C. 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 Potomac Corp, which operates 2 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.

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Frequently asked

What is CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.'s OSHA violation history?
CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C. has 12 OSHA inspections on record with 56 violations and $18,745 in total penalties.
How does CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.'s safety record compare to its industry?
CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C. operates in the paper (except newsprint) mills industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9. CRESCENT CARDBOARD COMPANY, L.L.C.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.05 compared to an industry average of 2.