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GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC

4278 MIKE PADGETT HWY, AUGUSTA, GA, 30906
Operated by GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO · 1 of 76 establishments
322121Paper (except Newsprint) Mills

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OSHA inspections
5
over 8 years
Violations
4
$28,794 in penalties
Penalties
$28,794
$7,199 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 · 2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC has accumulated 4 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 8 years of recorded history, with $28,794 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 63rd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 55 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 81st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 3 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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
5
0.6 / yr · last 8 yrs
Violations
4
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$28,794
$7,199 avg / violation
50% serious50% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 5

60% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 4 distinct standards shown · 4 citations in this view · $28,794 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$13,260Jun 2019Jun 2019
29 CFR 1910.0261 B0211$12,934Jul 2018Jul 2018
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$2,600Jul 2018Jul 2018
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111Jun 2019Jun 2019

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

63rd

Above average violations in NAICS 3221 within GA. Peer group: 55 employers. This establishment has 4 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
76th
peer median: $6,275
Inspection frequency
81st
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
0.5
vs industry
−1.5
TRIR
0.8
vs industry
−2.1

Reported for 374 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
0.8
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
5

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) · Feb 2018 – Mar 2024 · 2 in last 5 years

Reports
4
Hospitalizations
4
Amputations
0
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Exposure through intact tissue

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
Mar 8, 2024Exposure through intact tissueTrunk unspecifiedHospitalized
Sep 24, 2021Inhalation of harmful substance-single episodeBODY SYSTEMSHospitalized
Jan 15, 2020Fall through surface or existing opening, unspecifiedLower leg(s)Hospitalized
Feb 17, 2018Struck by swinging or slipping object, other than handheld, n.e.c.Leg(s), unspecifiedHospitalized

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
3 years ago

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)

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
Jan 2018 – Jan 2019All Other Converted Paper Product 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 GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in GA — for GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO, not this location alone

Total cases
23
Unfair labor practice
23

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 GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO 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.). 23 cases · 23 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
10-CA-339676Unfair labor practiceApr 2024Sep 2024ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-319133Unfair labor practiceJun 2023Jun 2023ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-315224Unfair labor practiceMar 2023Jun 2023ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-310643Unfair labor practiceJan 2023OpenRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-307178Unfair labor practiceNov 2022Mar 2025ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-240485Unfair labor practiceApr 2019Mar 2021ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-240182Unfair labor practiceApr 2019Sep 2019ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-240175Unfair labor practiceApr 2019Mar 2021ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-215053Unfair labor practiceFeb 2018Mar 2018ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-208927Unfair labor practiceOct 2017Aug 2018ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-204810Unfair labor practiceAug 2017Oct 2017ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-188480Unfair labor practiceNov 2016Dec 2016ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-183851Unfair labor practiceSep 2016Oct 2016ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-151097Unfair labor practiceApr 2015Jul 2016ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-149854Unfair labor practiceApr 2015Jun 2016ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-149305Unfair labor practiceMar 2015Dec 2015ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-149205Unfair labor practiceMar 2015Apr 2015ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-133403Unfair labor practiceJul 2014May 2015ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-129177Unfair labor practiceMay 2014May 2015ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-117227Unfair labor practiceNov 2013Jan 2014ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-105801Unfair labor practiceMay 2013Jul 2013ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-103165Unfair labor practiceApr 2013Jun 2013ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-037528Unfair labor practiceSep 2008Jun 2009ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia

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 GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2023-04-24Complaint0$0
2019-01-30Complaint21$13,260
2018-10-02Complaint0$0
2018-05-01Complaint1$2,600
2018-05-01Complaint11$12,934

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

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Part of a larger organization

GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC is one of 76 establishments rolled up under the parent organization GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO across all 76 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in paper (except newsprint) mills within GA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC 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 GRAPHIC PACKAGING HOLDING CO, which operates 76 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 GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC's OSHA violation history?
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 4 violations and $28,794 in total penalties.
How does GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC operates in the paper (except newsprint) mills industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9. GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 0.52 compared to an industry average of 2.