Establishment profile
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA
HWY. 76 & 178, HONEA PATH, SC, 29654
Operated by Packaging Corporation of America · 1 of 150 establishments
EIN 364277050
Summary
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has accumulated 22 OSHA violations across 2 inspections over 31 years of recorded history, with $5,850 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 98th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 34,537 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 81st percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 31 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 and EPA environmental compliance records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced 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 · 20 citations in this view · $5,850 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0133 A01 | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0138 A | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0132 A | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A05 | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I | 1 | 1 | $750 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F03 | 1 | 1 | $450 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 F05 VC5 | 1 | 1 | $450 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 F01 | 1 | 1 | $450 | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 C01 | 1 | 1 | — | May 1995 | May 1995 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0334 A02 II | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.1200 F05 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 C04 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0219 I02 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0253 B02 IV | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 G01 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 A01 I | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B01 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 B02 | 1 | 1 | — | Sep 1994 | Sep 1994 |
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. Peer group: 34,537 employers. This establishment has 22 OSHA violations; peer median is 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.
Reported for 20 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
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 31+ years. Most recent activity: 31 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 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). 2 facilities.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA HWY 76 & 178 · HONEA PATH, SC, 29654 | AirWater | No Violation Identified | 1 | 0 | — | Mar 2022 | View → |
PACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA 813 HIGHWAY 178 N · HONEA PATH, SC, 29654 | Water | 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 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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-04-10 | Planned | 1 | — | $0 | |
| 1994-08-31 | Planned | 21 | 9 | $5,850 |
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
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 AMERICAGAS CITY, IN — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAHARRISONBURG, VA — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAARLINGTON, TX — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICACOUNCE, TN — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAFILER CITY, MI — 3 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICALANDISVILLE, PA — 2 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAWALLULA, WA — 2 federal enforcement records
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICAMANISTEE, MI — 2 federal enforcement records
Related searches
- All Packaging Corporation of America locationsParent rollup
- Employers in SCState-wide enforcement data
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.
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- What is PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA's OSHA violation history?
- PACKAGING CORPORATION OF AMERICA has 2 OSHA inspections on record with 22 violations and $5,850 in total penalties.