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DART CONTAINER CORPORATION

60 EAST MAIN STREET, LEOLA, PA, 17540
Operated by Dart Container · 1 of 18 establishments
326199All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing
EIN 381745524

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OSHA inspections
9
over 45 years
Violations
29
$10,496 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

DART CONTAINER CORPORATION has accumulated 29 OSHA violations across 9 inspections over 45 years of recorded history, with $10,496 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 93rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 754 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

DART CONTAINER CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety and WHD wage enforcement 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
9
0.2 / yr · last 45 yrs
Violations
29
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$10,496
$362 avg / violation
72% serious28% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 9
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 9

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 · 25 citations in this view · $10,496 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$2,430Oct 1984Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0122$790Oct 1984Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II22$480Aug 1980Oct 2002
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0121Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11$1,934Jul 2001Jul 2001
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11$1,934Jul 2001Jul 2001
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11$829Jul 2001Jul 2001
29 CFR 1910.0307 C11$785Jun 2008Jun 2008
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 II11$785Jun 2008Jun 2008
5A000111$180Aug 1980Aug 1980
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 I11$150Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411$75Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$75Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.0213 H0311$50Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11Jul 2001Jul 2001
29 CFR 1910.0252 A02 IID11Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 II11Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.0037 K0211Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Oct 1984Oct 1984
29 CFR 1910.0178 G0211Oct 1984Oct 1984

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

93rd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3261 within PA. Peer group: 754 employers. This establishment has 29 OSHA violations; peer median is 3.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
81st
peer median: $1,755
Inspection frequency
94th
peer median: 2

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
1.5
vs industry
−0.3
TRIR
2.6
vs industry
−0.2

Reported for 1,347 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
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
2.6
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

Planned
2
Complaint
6
Accident
1

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 2016 – Jul 2016

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
1
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation

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.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Jul 8, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationHand(s), unspecifiedHospitalized
Apr 14, 2016Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFingertip(s)Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year 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 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 periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Feb 2010 – Mar 2010Nonfolding Sanitary Food Container Manufacturing1

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 DART CONTAINER CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for DART CONTAINER CORPORATION. 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 DART CONTAINER CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for DART CONTAINER CORPORATION. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for DART CONTAINER CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-02-25Complaint0$0
2022-10-26Complaint0$0
2013-02-27Complaint0$0
2008-04-28Complaint33$2,360
2002-10-23Planned22$1,380
2001-06-20Complaint44$4,696
1999-11-18Complaint21$1,150
1984-09-06Planned158$250
1980-07-29Accident33$660

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

DART CONTAINER CORPORATION is one of 18 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Dart Container.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Dart Container across all 18 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on DART CONTAINER CORPORATION 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 Dart Container, which operates 18 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 DART CONTAINER CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
DART CONTAINER CORPORATION has 9 OSHA inspections on record with 29 violations and $10,496 in total penalties.
How does DART CONTAINER CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
DART CONTAINER CORPORATION operates in the all other plastics product manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.8. DART CONTAINER CORPORATION's self-reported DART rate is 1.49 compared to an industry average of 1.8.