Establishment profile
DANA CONTAINER, INC.
51 CROWN POINT. RD., PAULSBORO, NJ, 08066
484220 — Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Local
Summary
DANA CONTAINER, INC. has accumulated 26 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 28 years of recorded history, with $290,303 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 99th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 161 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 98th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
DANA CONTAINER, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
80% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 22 citations in this view · $289,833 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 E01 | 2 | 2 | $76,043 | Jul 2006 | Jan 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 2 | 2 | $64,413 | Jul 2008 | Jan 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 G01 | 1 | 1 | $70,000 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F06 I | 1 | 1 | $15,000 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0140 C11 I | 1 | 1 | $14,000 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0140 C11 II | 1 | 1 | $14,000 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 | 1 | 1 | $9,000 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| 5A0001 | 1 | 1 | $8,575 | Jan 2024 | Jan 2024 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 C01 | 1 | 1 | $4,650 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 G01 | 1 | 1 | $1,550 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 C04 | 1 | 1 | $1,550 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 D05 II | 1 | 1 | $1,550 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 F08 | 1 | 1 | $1,550 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 K02 III | 1 | 1 | $1,550 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0178 L01 | 1 | 1 | $1,550 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1030 F02 I | 1 | 1 | $1,031 | Jul 2008 | Jul 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1030 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $1,031 | Jul 2008 | Jul 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0134 C03 | 1 | 1 | $930 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 H01 | 1 | 1 | $930 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | $930 | Jul 2006 | Jul 2006 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 4842 within NJ. Peer group: 161 employers. This establishment has 26 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for DANA CONTAINER, INC.. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application →
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) · May 2018 – Jan 2024 · 1 in last 5 years
Most frequent event: Fall on same level due to slip or trip
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 29, 2024 | Fall on same level due to slip or trip | Lung(s), pleura | Hospitalized | |
| May 7, 2018 | Other fall to lower level, unspecified | Hip(s) | Hospitalized |
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 3+ years. Most recent activity: 3 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 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 · 2 violations · $750 in backwages
| Statute | Period | Cases | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLSA — minimum wage & overtime | Jan 2005 | 1 | 2 | 1 | $750 | — |
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 · 2 violations · $750 in backwages · 1 worker affected
| Case period | Industry | Statutes | Violations | Workers | Backwages | Civil penalty |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2003 – Jan 2005 | General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance | FLSA | 2 | 1 | $750 | — |
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 DANA CONTAINER, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for DANA CONTAINER, INC.. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
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 DANA CONTAINER, INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for DANA CONTAINER, INC.. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency →
Federal criminal prosecution record
First case: 2021-06-07. Most recent: 2021-06-07. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.
Federal prosecution case file
Federal corporate prosecution records from the University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry. DPA = Deferred Prosecution Agreement; NPA = Non-Prosecution Agreement; both are pre-trial settlements where the defendant accepts terms but avoids conviction. Monitor = court-appointed compliance oversight, usually 2-5 years. 1 case · 1 plea/conviction · $325,050 in penalties / restitution.
| Case | Date | Disposition | Crime | Jurisdiction | Total payment | Monitor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
USA v. Dana Container, Inc. Dana Container, Inc. | Jun 2021 | plea | OSHA / Workplace Safety / Mine Safety | Pennsylvania - Middle | $325,050 | No |
Source: University of Virginia Corporate Prosecution Registry (maintained by Prof. Brandon L. Garrett, Duke University). The registry has no state or jurisdiction-of-incorporation field on the company side, so same-name employers in different states may mis-attribute -- verify against the source case documents when precision matters.
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-07-20 | Complaint | 3 | 3 | $36,575 | |
| 2023-07-20 | Complaint | 5 | 2 | $233,425 | |
| 2008-04-18 | Programmed Related | 4 | 4 | $3,563 | |
| 2006-04-21 | Complaint | 14 | 13 | $16,740 | |
| 1998-01-22 | Referral | 0 | — | $0 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DANA CONTAINER, INC. 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.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is DANA CONTAINER, INC.'s OSHA violation history?
- DANA CONTAINER, INC. has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 26 violations and $290,303 in total penalties.
- How does DANA CONTAINER, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
- DANA CONTAINER, INC. operates in the specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.1.