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PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA

3251 CHICAGO DR SW, GRANDVILLE, MI, 49418
Operated by Packaging Corporation of America · 1 of 150 establishments
322121Paper (except Newsprint) Mills
EIN 364277050

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OSHA inspections
5
over 35 years
Violations
8
$1,060 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
2 OSHA follow-ups

Summary

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA has accumulated 8 OSHA violations across 5 inspections over 35 years of recorded history, with $1,060 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 62nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 66 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 75th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 18 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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
0.1 / yr · last 35 yrs
Violations
8
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$1,060
$133 avg / violation
38% serious62% other
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 5
Inspection trigger · follow-up
2 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. 7 distinct standards shown · 8 citations in this view · $1,060 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0122$160Jul 1991Mar 1992
29 CFR 4081.6311 A11$450Jul 1991Jul 1991
29 CFR 4081.6311 D11$450Jul 1991Jul 1991
29 CFR 4081.0011 A11Mar 1992Mar 1992
29 CFR 1910.0309 B11Mar 1992Mar 1992
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11Jul 1991Jul 1991
29 CFR 4081.63230411Jul 1991Jul 1991

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

62nd

Above average violations in NAICS 3221 within MI. Peer group: 66 employers. This establishment has 8 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
32nd
peer median: $2,313
Inspection frequency
75th
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
0.8
vs industry
−1.2
TRIR
1.6
vs industry
−1.3

Reported for 348 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
1.6
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

Complaint
1
Accident
2
Follow-up
2

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 PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 18+ years. Most recent activity: 18 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 PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in MI — for Packaging Corporation of America, not this location alone

Total cases
14
Unfair labor practice
14

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 Packaging Corporation of America 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.). 14 cases · 14 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
07-CA-330660Unfair labor practiceNov 2023Mar 2024ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-326567Unfair labor practiceSep 2023Aug 2024ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-291870Unfair labor practiceMar 2022Apr 2022ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-262340Unfair labor practiceJun 2020Jul 2020ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-137072Unfair labor practiceSep 2014May 2015ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-076541Unfair labor practiceMar 2012Jan 2013ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-053438Unfair labor practiceJan 2011Mar 2011ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-053243Unfair labor practiceOct 2010Nov 2010ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-053212Unfair labor practiceOct 2010Oct 2010ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-052808Unfair labor practiceMar 2010May 2010ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-052742Unfair labor practiceFeb 2010Apr 2011ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-052255Unfair labor practiceJul 2009Sep 2010ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-051912Unfair labor practiceMar 2009Dec 2009ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan
07-CA-049848Unfair labor practiceOct 2006Feb 2007ClosedRegion 07, Detroit, Michigan

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 PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
0

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: No Violation Identified.

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
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
3251 CHICAGO DRIVE. S.W. · GRANDVILLE, MI, 49418
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified10Feb 2023View →

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 PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA (across 2 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$17K
Awards (all-time)
4

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
2007-08-10Complaint0$0
1992-08-06Follow-up0$0
1992-02-11Accident2$0
1992-02-10Follow-up1$160
1991-06-05Accident53$900

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA is one of 150 establishments rolled up under the parent organization Packaging Corporation of America.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of Packaging Corporation of America across all 150 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 PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA 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 Packaging Corporation of America, which operates 150 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 PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA's OSHA violation history?
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA has 5 OSHA inspections on record with 8 violations and $1,060 in total penalties.
How does PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA's safety record compare to its industry?
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA operates in the paper (except newsprint) mills industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.9. PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA's self-reported DART rate is 0.81 compared to an industry average of 2.