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INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO

1300 RED FOX ROAD, ARDEN HILLS, MN, 55112
Operated by International Paper · 1 of 599 establishments
322211Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
EIN 130872805

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OSHA inspections
7
over 40 years
Violations
21
$9,160 in penalties
Penalties
$9,160
$436 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO has accumulated 21 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $9,160 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 156 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 88th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 16 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, 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
7
0.2 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
21
0.5 / yr
Penalties
$9,160
$436 avg / violation
38% serious62% other
Inspection trigger · planned
5 of 7
Inspection trigger · complaint
1 of 7

57% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 18 distinct standards shown · 21 citations in this view · $9,160 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0133$2,250Feb 1993Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II22$2,250Feb 1998Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$1,800Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IIIA11$1,050Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$630Nov 2009Nov 2009
29 CFR 5205.12000311$350Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$350Feb 1998Feb 1998
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411$300Mar 2005Mar 2005
29 CFR 5205.089011$180Feb 1993Feb 1993
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Mar 2005Mar 2005
29 CFR 1910.0026 A03 VII11Feb 1993Feb 1993
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0111Feb 1993Feb 1993
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0911Feb 1993Feb 1993
29 CFR 5205.06600211Feb 1993Feb 1993
29 CFR 1910.0178 G1011Feb 1993Feb 1993
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211Feb 1993Feb 1993
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0211Feb 1993Feb 1993
29 CFR 1910.0106 D04 I11Feb 1993Feb 1993

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

90th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3222 within MN. Peer group: 156 employers. This establishment has 21 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
90th
peer median: $2,104
Inspection frequency
88th
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
0.0
vs industry
−1.7
TRIR
0.0
vs industry
−2.5

Reported for 120 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
2.5
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
0.0
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
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 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 16+ years. Most recent activity: 16 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 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MN — for International Paper, not this location alone

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
2
Representation (union)
1

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 International Paper 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.). 3 cases · 2 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-019594Unfair labor practiceNov 2010Jan 2011ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-018520Unfair labor practiceSep 2007Aug 2008ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-RC-017322Representation electionOct 2004Dec 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO. 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO
1300 RED FOX RD · ARDEN HILLS, MN, 55112
AirRCRANo 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.

Federal criminal prosecution record

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

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY (across 20 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$373K
Obligated (all-time)
$128.5M
Awards (all-time)
4,469

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

Federal contract activity for the parent corporation. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2009-10-22Planned44$4,830
2005-02-18Planned2$300
1997-12-03Complaint53$3,850
1993-05-04Follow-up0$0
1993-01-28Planned101$180
1987-04-07Planned0$0
1985-12-09Planned0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO is one of 599 establishments rolled up under the parent organization International Paper.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of International Paper across all 599 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

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO 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 International Paper, which operates 599 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 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO's OSHA violation history?
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 21 violations and $9,160 in total penalties.
How does INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO's safety record compare to its industry?
INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO operates in the corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.5. INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO's self-reported DART rate is 0 compared to an industry average of 1.7.