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OWENS-ILLINOIS

3107 SYLVAN ROAD, ATLANTA, GA, 30354
Operated by Owens-Illinois, Inc. · 1 of 2 establishments
327213Glass Container Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
15
over 53 years
Violations
36
$41,790 in penalties
Penalties
$41,790
$1,161 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 fatality · 5 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

OWENS-ILLINOIS has accumulated 36 OSHA violations across 15 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $41,790 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 41 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 15 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

OWENS-ILLINOIS 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
15
0.3 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
36
0.7 / yr
Penalties
$41,790
$1,161 avg / violation
42% serious58% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 15
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 15

53% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 5 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 · 26 citations in this view · $41,790 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000132$5,625Sep 2007Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0132$295Feb 1974Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0422$6,000Sep 2007Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122Feb 1974May 1987
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0211$12,500Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111$5,000Dec 2010Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.0303 G0111$3,500Dec 2010Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11$2,125Dec 2010Dec 2010
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0211$1,500Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 III11$1,250Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0212 B11$1,125Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0157 E0211$1,000Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0157 C0111$500Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0023 A0311$500Sep 2007Sep 2007
29 CFR 1910.0304 F0411$240May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 I11$210Sep 1983Sep 1983
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$180May 1987May 1987
29 CFR 1910.0095 B0111$150Jul 1974Jul 1974
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211$45Feb 1974Feb 1974
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$45Feb 1974Feb 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

95th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3272 within GA. Peer group: 41 employers. This establishment has 36 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
93rd
peer median: $998
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
1.7
vs industry
−1.1
TRIR
1.7
vs industry
−2.4

Reported for 279 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
4.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.7
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
3
Complaint
9
Accident
1
Referral
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) · Oct 2015

Reports
1
Hospitalizations
0
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
Oct 30, 2015Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operationFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

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

OSHA accident events

Accidents, fatalities, and catastrophes documented during OSHA inspections at this employer. Each entry links to the inspection that recorded it.

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Aug 16, 2008CARDIAC ARREST,CARDIOVASC DISEASEFatality11

Source: OSHA accident investigations. Narratives are recorded by the inspecting officer and may be truncated.

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 15+ years. Most recent activity: 15 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 OWENS-ILLINOIS. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for OWENS-ILLINOIS. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in GA — for Owens-Illinois, Inc. , not this location alone

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
3

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 Owens-Illinois, Inc. 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 · 3 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
10-CA-163385Unfair labor practiceNov 2015Dec 2015ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-137621Unfair labor practiceSep 2014Sep 2015ClosedRegion 10, Atlanta, Georgia
10-CA-134354Unfair labor practiceAug 2014Nov 2014ClosedRegion 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 OWENS-ILLINOIS. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for OWENS-ILLINOIS. 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
OWENS-ILLINOIS INC
3490 HAMILTON BLVD SW · ATLANTA, GA, 30354
RCRANo Violation Identified00Dec 1986View →

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.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2011-06-02Follow-up0$0
2010-09-08Planned73$17,625
2008-08-18Accident0$0
2007-04-05Referral0$0
2007-03-15Planned127$23,250
2003-09-09Planned0$0
1997-09-12Complaint0$0
1993-11-15Complaint0$0
1987-05-12Complaint42$420
1986-11-05Complaint0$0
1982-10-05Complaint22$210
1975-04-24Complaint2$0
1974-10-07Complaint1$0
1974-02-01Complaint7$135
1973-04-25Complaint11$150

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

OWENS-ILLINOIS is one of 2 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Owens-Illinois, Inc. .

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Owens-Illinois, Inc. across all 2 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 OWENS-ILLINOIS from every major federal compliance and enforcement source. 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 Owens-Illinois, Inc. , 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 OWENS-ILLINOIS's OSHA violation history?
OWENS-ILLINOIS has 15 OSHA inspections on record with 36 violations and $41,790 in total penalties.
How does OWENS-ILLINOIS's safety record compare to its industry?
OWENS-ILLINOIS operates in the glass container manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. OWENS-ILLINOIS's self-reported DART rate is 1.72 compared to an industry average of 2.8.
Has OWENS-ILLINOIS had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 1 fatality investigation involving OWENS-ILLINOIS.