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PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA

10750 BAUR BLVD, ST LOUIS, MO, 63132
Operated by Packaging Corporation of America · 1 of 150 establishments

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OSHA inspections
10
over 43 years
Violations
18
$7,165 in penalties
Penalties
$7,165
$398 avg

Summary

PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has accumulated 18 OSHA violations across 10 inspections over 43 years of recorded history, with $7,165 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 97th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 39,937 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 30 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, 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

Inspections
10
0.2 / yr · last 43 yrs
Violations
18
0.4 / yr
Penalties
$7,165
$398 avg / violation
39% serious61% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
8 of 10
Inspection trigger · planned
2 of 10

60% 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. 18 distinct standards shown · 18 citations in this view · $7,165 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 II11$1,500Aug 1994Aug 1994
29 CFR 1910.1200 H02 II11$1,500May 1994May 1994
29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II11$1,300Nov 1993Nov 1993
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 IV11$975Nov 1993Nov 1993
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$750May 1992May 1992
29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 I11$500Aug 1994Aug 1994
29 CFR 1910.0242 B11$320Apr 1990Apr 1990
29 CFR 1910.0215 A0411$320Apr 1990Apr 1990
29 CFR 1904.0002 A11May 1994May 1994
29 CFR 1910.0095 L0111May 1994May 1994
29 CFR 1910.1200 G02 IC111May 1994May 1994
29 CFR 1910.0037 Q0211Apr 1991Apr 1991
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11Apr 1991Apr 1991
29 CFR 1910.0212 B11Apr 1990Apr 1990
29 CFR 1910.0038 B0111Apr 1990Apr 1990
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I11Apr 1990Apr 1990
29 CFR 1910.0038 A02 IV11Apr 1990Apr 1990
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911Apr 1990Apr 1990

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

97th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer. Peer group: 39,937 employers. This establishment has 18 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
99th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
100th
peer median: 1

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Inspection breakdown

Planned
2
Complaint
8

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
30 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 30+ years. Most recent activity: 30 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

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
1996-01-11Complaint0$0
1994-08-03Complaint21$2,000
1994-04-06Complaint41$1,500
1993-09-22Complaint22$2,275
1992-03-19Complaint1$750
1991-03-14Complaint2$0
1990-10-18Complaint0$0
1990-03-28Planned73$640
1986-02-21Complaint0$0
1982-09-30Planned0$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 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 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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What is PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA's OSHA violation history?
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has 10 OSHA inspections on record with 18 violations and $7,165 in total penalties.