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PPG INDUSTRIES INC.

125 COLFAX STREET, SPRINGDALE, PA, 15144
Operated by PPG Industries · 1 of 357 establishments
325510Paint and Coating Manufacturing
EIN 250730780

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OSHA inspections
20
over 53 years
Violations
10
$1,860 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

PPG INDUSTRIES INC. has accumulated 10 OSHA violations across 20 inspections over 53 years of recorded history, with $1,860 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 79th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 98 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.

Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

PPG INDUSTRIES INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental compliance, 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.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
20
0.4 / yr · last 53 yrs
Violations
10
0.2 / yr
Penalties
$1,860
$186 avg / violation
30% serious70% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
13 of 20
Inspection trigger · planned
6 of 20

20% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 3 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. 9 distinct standards shown · 10 citations in this view · $1,860 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0176 B22$135Oct 1972Jul 1975
5A000111$640Sep 1978Sep 1978
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$640Sep 1978Sep 1978
29 CFR 1910.0028 A0111$360Sep 1980Sep 1980
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0211$50Jul 1975Jul 1975
29 CFR 1910.0036 D0111$35Oct 1972Oct 1972
29 CFR 1910.0023 A08 II11Oct 1972Oct 1972
29 CFR 1910.0178 M0911Oct 1972Oct 1972
29 CFR 1910.0309 A11Oct 1972Oct 1972

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

79th

Above average violations in NAICS 3255 within PA. Peer group: 98 employers. This establishment has 10 OSHA violations; peer median is 2.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
62nd
peer median: $713
Inspection frequency
100th
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
1.9
vs industry
+0.3
TRIR
1.9
vs industry
−0.6

Reported for 148 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
2.6
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.7
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
1.9
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
6
Complaint
13
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 PPG INDUSTRIES INC.. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Activity timeline

Data refreshed
Weekly
First OSHA inspection
Most recent activity
1 year ago

Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for PPG INDUSTRIES INC.. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for PPG INDUSTRIES INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in PA — for PPG Industries, not this location alone

Total cases
9
Unfair labor practice
7
Representation (union)
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 PPG Industries 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.). 9 cases · 7 ULP · 2 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
04-CA-213670Unfair labor practiceJan 2018Mar 2018ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
04-RC-209482Representation electionNov 2017Dec 2017ClosedRegion 04, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
06-CA-176841Unfair labor practiceMay 2016Jun 2016ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-108614Unfair labor practiceJul 2013Sep 2014ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-037130Unfair labor practiceOct 2010Nov 2011ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-035053Unfair labor practiceFeb 2006Sep 2006ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-034520Unfair labor practiceJan 2005Nov 2008ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-CA-033122Unfair labor practiceDec 2002Feb 2004ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
06-RD-001469Representation electionJun 2002Aug 2002ClosedRegion 06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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 PPG INDUSTRIES INC.. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for PPG INDUSTRIES INC.. 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.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
PPG INDUSTRIES INC
151 COLFAX STREET · SPRINGDALE, PA, 15144
RCRANo Violation Identified00Aug 2017View →

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

Prosecutions
1
Total payments
$32K
Disposition
NP
Crime type
Import / Export

First case: 2010-12-21. Most recent: 2010-12-21. Source: UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry — federal pleas, DPAs, and NPAs.

Federal contracts

This location

Obligated (5-yr)
$0
Obligated (all-time)
$15K
Awards
1
Top agency
Department of Defense
$15K
Company-wide — PPG INDUSTRIES, INC (across 38 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$153.7M
Obligated (all-time)
$816.7M
Awards (all-time)
52,450

Consolidated across all USAspending recipient entities under this corporate parent — not attributable to this single location.

Largest awards
  • Department of Defense
    PITT-CHAR XP COATING FOR 12 VEHICLES
    contract · Last action 2008-01-28
    $14,673

Federal contract dollars to this establishment. Primary NAICS: 325510 - PAINT AND COATING MANUFACTURING. Last action: 2008-01-28. Source: USAspending.gov, net obligations. Recipient address is the SAM registration / HQ address, not necessarily the worksite.

Inspection history

DateTriggerViolationsSeriousPenalty
2025-01-03Referral0$0
2019-03-28Planned0$0
1996-09-20Planned0$0
1989-08-29Complaint0$0
1986-05-23Planned0$0
1983-02-17Planned0$0
1981-08-18Complaint0$0
1981-06-30Complaint0$0
1980-08-28Complaint11$360
1979-10-03Complaint0$0
1978-07-25Complaint0$0
1978-06-13Complaint0$0
1978-06-12Planned22$1,280
1977-07-21Complaint0$0
1977-06-02Complaint0$0
1977-04-12Complaint0$0
1975-05-27Complaint2$150
1975-02-24Planned0$0
1975-02-24Complaint0$0
1972-10-02Complaint5$70

Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.

In the news

Part of a larger organization

PPG INDUSTRIES INC. is one of 357 establishments rolled up under the parent organization PPG Industries.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of PPG Industries across all 357 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in paint and coating manufacturing within PA, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on PPG INDUSTRIES INC. 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 PPG Industries, which operates 357 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 PPG INDUSTRIES INC.'s OSHA violation history?
PPG INDUSTRIES INC. has 20 OSHA inspections on record with 10 violations and $1,860 in total penalties.
How does PPG INDUSTRIES INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
PPG INDUSTRIES INC. operates in the paint and coating manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 2.6. PPG INDUSTRIES INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 1.95 compared to an industry average of 1.7.