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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

1002 MISSOURI AVENUE, OMAHA, NE, 68107
Operated by Packaging Corporation of America · 1 of 150 establishments
322211Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
EIN 364277050

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OSHA inspections
6
over 43 years
Violations
42
$6,313 in penalties
Penalties
$6,313
$150 avg
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections · 1 OSHA follow-up

Summary

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has accumulated 42 OSHA violations across 6 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $6,313 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 95th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 20 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 89th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 16 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, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
6
0.1 / yr · last 43 yrs
Violations
42
1.0 / yr
Penalties
$6,313
$150 avg / violation
48% serious52% other
Inspection trigger · planned
3 of 6
Inspection trigger · complaint
2 of 6

67% 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 · 22 citations in this view · $6,313 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0122$1,568Apr 1989Aug 2009
29 CFR 1910.0023 C0122$490Jan 1983Apr 1989
29 CFR 1910.0303 B0111$2,250Aug 2009Aug 2009
29 CFR 1910.0305 E0111$630Apr 1989Apr 1989
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$560Apr 1989Apr 1989
29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 V11$135Mar 1986Mar 1986
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$100Jan 1983Jan 1983
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$100Jan 1983Jan 1983
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0311$100Jan 1983Jan 1983
29 CFR 1910.0219 F0111$100Jan 1983Jan 1983
29 CFR 1910.0219 D0111$100Jan 1983Jan 1983
29 CFR 1910.0213 C0111$90Mar 1986Mar 1986
29 CFR 1910.0243 C0311$90Mar 1986Mar 1986
29 CFR 1910.0305 G01 IVA11Aug 2009Aug 2009
29 CFR 1910.0305 G02 III11Aug 2009Aug 2009
29 CFR 1910.0020 G01 I11Apr 1989Apr 1989
29 CFR 1910.0020 G01 III11Apr 1989Apr 1989
29 CFR 1910.0020 G0211Apr 1989Apr 1989
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q1011Apr 1989Apr 1989
29 CFR 1910.1200 H11Apr 1989Apr 1989

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 3222 within NE. Peer group: 20 employers. This establishment has 42 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
47th
peer median: $6,438
Inspection frequency
89th
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
2.0
vs industry
+0.3
TRIR
2.7
vs industry
+0.2

Reported for 139 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
2.7
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
2
Follow-up
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

Activity timeline

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

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 16+ years. Most recent activity: 16 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)

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 CORP OF AMERICA
1002 MISSOURI AVENUE · OMAHA, NE, 68107
AirWaterRCRANo Violation Identified10Jan 2024View →

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.

Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)

DOT number
273328
Operation
A

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.

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
2009-08-11Planned44$3,188
1989-05-16Follow-up0$0
1989-03-10Complaint95$2,310
1986-02-26Planned205$315
1983-04-15Complaint0$0
1982-12-06Planned96$500

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 NE, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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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 6 OSHA inspections on record with 42 violations and $6,312.5 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 2.01 compared to an industry average of 1.7.