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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

2000 RICHMOND HWY, RICHMOND, VA, 23224
Operated by Packaging Corporation of America · 1 of 150 establishments
322211Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
EIN 364277050

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OSHA inspections
3
over 25 years
Violations
19
$21,219 in penalties
Penalties
$21,219
$1,117 avg
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations

Summary

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has accumulated 19 OSHA violations across 3 inspections over 25 years of recorded history, with $21,219 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 87th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 130 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 67th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 5 months ago.

Federal records were found in 4 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in 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
3
0.1 / yr · last 25 yrs
Violations
19
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$21,219
$1,117 avg / violation
79% serious21% other
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 3
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 3

100% 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. 19 distinct standards shown · 19 citations in this view · $21,219 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0311$5,505May 2026May 2026
29 CFR 1910.0303 G0111$4,195May 2026May 2026
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$4,124Nov 2018Nov 2018
29 CFR 1910.0147 C02 I11$1,275Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0146 F11$1,275Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 5100.01 A11$1,020Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$1,020Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0211$1,020Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V11$1,020Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0111$765Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0215 D0311Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0303 B01 I11Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0303 E11Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0146 G0111Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 II11Feb 2001Feb 2001
29 CFR 1910.0146 H0211Feb 2001Feb 2001

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

87th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3222 within VA. Peer group: 130 employers. This establishment has 19 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $1,695
Inspection frequency
67th
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
2.2
vs industry
+0.5
TRIR
4.4
vs industry
+1.9

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
4.4
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
2
Referral
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 PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Sep 4, 2018Caught Between,Conveyor,Fracture,Hand,Hand Brake,Hydraulic Ram,Laceration,Sheet Metal11

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
5 months ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 5 months ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

Cases
1
Back wages owed
$0
Employees affected
1

Department of Labor Wage & Hour Division — minimum-wage, overtime, child-labor, FMLA, and prevailing-wage enforcement.

Wage and hour cases

Closed DOL Wage & Hour Division cases (FLSA, FMLA, H-2B, MSPA, and related statutes). Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty (CMP) is a separate fine levied on top, where the statute provides for one (FLSA / H-1B / H-2A / MSPA / FMLA / EPPA / FLSA Child Labor; other acts have no CMP column in DOL’s data). The Statutes column lists which laws each case cited. 1 case · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
May 2010 – May 2012Paperboard Container Manufacturing1

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database. Cases shown reflect those the agency has closed and made public. A violation count is the agency’s tally of cited violations (one violation can affect many workers); the workers column counts distinct employees the agency found to be affected.

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 VA — for Packaging Corporation of America, not this location alone

Total cases
2
Unfair labor practice
2

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.). 2 cases · 2 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
05-CA-376787Unfair labor practiceDec 2025Feb 2026ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland
05-CA-322927Unfair labor practiceJul 2023Nov 2023ClosedRegion 05, Baltimore, Maryland

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)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
1

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
2000 JEFFERSON DAVIS HWY · RICHMOND, VA, 23224
AirRCRANo Violation Identified
QNCR 1
30Oct 2025View →

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 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
2026-01-16Planned2$9,700
2018-09-06Referral11$4,124
2001-02-07Planned1614$7,395

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 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

Other employers in corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing within VA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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 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 CORPORATION OF AMERICA's OSHA violation history?
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has 3 OSHA inspections on record with 19 violations and $21,219.25 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 2.19 compared to an industry average of 1.7.