Establishment profile
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
4471 STEELWAY BLVD. - SOUTH, LIVERPOOL, NY, 13088
Operated by Packaging Corporation of America · 1 of 151 establishments
322211 — Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
EIN 364277050
Summary
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has accumulated 40 OSHA violations across 11 inspections over 50 years of recorded history, with $12,433 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 193 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 97th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 10 years ago.
Federal records were found in 1 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA appears in OSHA workplace safety record only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, 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. Single-agency enforcement records typically indicate either a discrete incident-based inspection or a low-risk operational profile.
OSHA workplace safety
64% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 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 · 32 citations in this view · $12,433 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 4 | 4 | $7,291 | Jun 1976 | Jul 2015 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 A08 | 3 | 3 | $1,095 | Jun 1976 | Dec 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 D01 | 3 | 3 | $690 | Jun 1976 | Feb 1985 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0024 H | 2 | 2 | $1,155 | Feb 1989 | Dec 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 2 | 2 | $480 | Jul 1980 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 2 | 2 | $210 | Jun 1976 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 F | 2 | 2 | — | Feb 1989 | Dec 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 2 | 2 | — | Jun 1976 | Feb 1985 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C03 | 1 | 1 | $1,056 | Dec 2008 | Dec 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1904.0002 A | 1 | 1 | $455 | Aug 1992 | Aug 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0022 C | 1 | 1 | — | Dec 2008 | Dec 2008 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 G01 | 1 | 1 | — | Aug 1992 | Aug 1992 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1989 | Feb 1989 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0242 B | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1985 | Feb 1985 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Feb 1985 | Feb 1985 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1980 | Jul 1980 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 B | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1980 | Jul 1980 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0037 K02 | 1 | 1 | — | Jul 1980 | Jul 1980 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 E03 I | 1 | 1 | — | Jun 1976 | Jun 1976 |
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
Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3222 within NY. Peer group: 193 employers. This establishment has 40 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.
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.
Reported for 157 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
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- 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
No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 10+ years. Most recent activity: 10 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)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
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 →
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.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA 4471 STEELWAY BLVD S & MORGAN RD · LIVERPOOL, NY, 13088 | Air | No Violation Identified | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
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 contracts
No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.
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
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-05-19 | Complaint | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2016-04-28 | Follow-up | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 2015-06-23 | Planned | 1 | — | $6,000 | |
| 2008-11-20 | Planned | 6 | 2 | $4,063 | |
| 1992-05-05 | Complaint | 2 | — | $455 | |
| 1989-02-07 | Planned | 8 | 5 | $900 | |
| 1985-02-06 | Planned | 4 | 2 | $180 | |
| 1982-09-02 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1981-01-29 | Planned | 0 | — | $0 | |
| 1980-07-02 | Planned | 5 | 1 | $720 | |
| 1976-06-03 | Planned | 14 | — | $115 |
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.
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Other employers in corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing within NY, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
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- INTERNATIONAL PAPERROCHESTER — 2 federal enforcement records
- INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANYGENEVA — 2 federal enforcement records
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- JAMESTOWN CONTAINER COMPANIESFALCONER — 2 federal enforcement records
- PHILPAC CORPORATIONBUFFALO — 2 federal enforcement records
- NIAGARA SHEETS LLCNORTH TONAWANDA — 2 federal enforcement records
- Norampac Industries Inc.Lancaster — 2 federal enforcement records
- WESTROCK LLCNORTH TONAWANDA — 2 federal enforcement records
- WESTROCK COMPANYDEER PARK — 2 federal enforcement records
Other locations under this parent
Other establishments operated by Packaging Corporation of America, ordered by federal enforcement volume:
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAVINCENNES, IN — 4 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICARICHMOND, VA — 4 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAARLINGTON, TX — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAHARRISONBURG, VA — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAGAS CITY, IN — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAFILER CITY, MI — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICACOUNCE, TN — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAGRIFFITH, IN — 2 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICALANDISVILLE, PA — 2 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAWALLULA, WA — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Packaging Corporation of America locationsParent rollup
- Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box ManufacturingAll employers in this industry
- Employers in NYState-wide enforcement data
- Corrugated and Solid in NYIndustry × state cross-filter
About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA 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 Packaging Corporation of America, which operates 151 establishments in our dataset.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA's OSHA violation history?
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has 11 OSHA inspections on record with 40 violations and $12,432.5 in total penalties.
- How does PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA's safety record compare to its industry?
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA operates in the corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.5. PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA's self-reported DART rate is 10.83 compared to an industry average of 1.7.