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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

100 INDUSTRIAL STREET, RITTMAN, OH, 44270
Operated by Packaging Corporation of America · 1 of 151 establishments
EIN 364277050

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OSHA inspections
10
over 43 years
Violations
18
$4,420 in penalties
Penalties
$4,420
$246 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.

Summary

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has accumulated 18 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $4,420 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 85,426 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 99th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 32 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA 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
10
0.2 / yr · last 43 yrs
Violations
18
0.4 / yr
Penalties
$4,420
$246 avg / violation
33% serious67% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
9 of 10
Inspection trigger · planned
1 of 10

60% 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. 17 distinct standards shown · 18 citations in this view · $4,420 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0095 C21Dec 1982Dec 1982
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$1,200Oct 1991Oct 1991
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11$1,200Oct 1991Oct 1991
29 CFR 1910.0095 B0111$1,200Oct 1991Oct 1991
29 CFR 1910.1101 C02 III11$400Dec 1986Dec 1986
29 CFR 1910.0261 K13 I11$240Mar 1984Mar 1984
29 CFR 1910.0261 K13 III11$180Mar 1984Mar 1984
29 CFR 1910.0020 G01 III11Oct 1991Oct 1991
29 CFR 1903.0002 A0111May 1988May 1988
29 CFR 1910.1200 E0111May 1988May 1988
29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 II11Dec 1986Dec 1986
29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 II11Dec 1986Dec 1986
29 CFR 1910.1200 E01 III11Dec 1986Dec 1986
29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 I11Dec 1986Dec 1986
29 CFR 1910.1001 D02 IVA11Feb 1983Feb 1983
29 CFR 1910.1001 G02 I11Feb 1983Feb 1983
29 CFR 1910.0095 N0111Dec 1982Dec 1982

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. Peer group: 85,426 employers. This establishment has 18 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
99th
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
0.3
vs industry
TRIR
1.0
vs industry

Reported for 216 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.

Inspection breakdown

Planned
1
Complaint
9

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 CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 32+ years. Most recent activity: 32 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 CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

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

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in OH — for Packaging Corporation of America, 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 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.). 3 cases · 3 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
08-CA-287182Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Jan 2023ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-136354Unfair labor practiceSep 2014Nov 2014ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio
08-CA-129185Unfair labor practiceMay 2014Aug 2014ClosedRegion 08, Cleveland, Ohio

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 CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for PACKAGING CORPORATION 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
1994-04-20Complaint0$0
1991-08-09Complaint43$3,600
1988-05-04Complaint2$0
1986-11-04Complaint51$400
1985-08-16Complaint0$0
1984-09-06Complaint0$0
1984-03-13Complaint22$420
1983-05-13Planned0$0
1982-11-10Complaint2$0
1982-09-24Complaint3$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA is one of 151 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 151 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by Packaging Corporation of America, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PACKAGING CORPORATION 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 151 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 CORPORATION OF AMERICA's OSHA violation history?
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 18 violations and $4,420 in total penalties.