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PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

10800 SOUTH 13TH STREET, OAK CREEK, WI, 53154
Operated by PPG Industries · 1 of 357 establishments
325510Paint and Coating Manufacturing
EIN 250730780

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OSHA inspections
7
over 46 years
Violations
15
$19,675 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
2 fatalities · 3 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. has accumulated 15 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 46 years of recorded history, with $19,675 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 82nd percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 29 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 93rd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 4 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. appears in OSHA workplace safety, WHD wage enforcement, EPA environmental compliance, NLRB labor relations, and UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry 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, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
7
0.2 / yr · last 46 yrs
Violations
15
0.3 / yr
Penalties
$19,675
$1,312 avg / violation
80% serious20% other
Inspection trigger · referral
4 of 7
Inspection trigger · accident
2 of 7

57% 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. 13 distinct standards shown · 15 citations in this view · $19,675 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
5A000131$700Apr 1980Apr 1980
29 CFR 1910.0132 D01 I11$4,500Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0119 D03 II11$4,500Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0119 F0311$4,500Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0243 C0311$3,850Jun 2013Jun 2013
29 CFR 1910.1200 G0511$1,125Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0106 H04 IVA11$130Apr 1980Apr 1980
29 CFR 1910.0106 H07 IA11$130Apr 1980Apr 1980
29 CFR 1910.0151 C11$120Apr 1980Apr 1980
29 CFR 1910.0132 A11$120Apr 1980Apr 1980
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 II11Aug 2013Aug 2013
29 CFR 1910.0119 L0311Aug 2004Aug 2004
29 CFR 1910.0119 L02 II11Aug 2004Aug 2004

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

82nd

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3255 within WI. Peer group: 29 employers. This establishment has 15 OSHA violations; peer median is 6.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
82nd
peer median: $5,950
Inspection frequency
93rd
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
4.3
vs industry
+2.6
TRIR
8.5
vs industry
+5.9

Reported for 23 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
8.5
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
1
Accident
2
Referral
4

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

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jun 15, 1998CARDIOVASC SYSTEM,HEART,HEART ATTACK,CARDIOVASC DISEASEFatality11

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
4 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 4+ years. Most recent activity: 4 years 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 breakdown by law

Per-statute totals across all closed DOL Wage & Hour cases against this employer. Backwages reflect amounts the agency assessed; civil penalty is the separate fine where applicable. Some acts (Davis-Bacon, SCA, CWHSSA, H-2B, CCPA) don't carry a civil penalty field in DOL's data. 1 statute · 1 violation · $0 in backwages

StatutePeriodCasesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
FMLA (family & medical leave)Feb 202211

Source: DOL WHD enforcement database, aggregated per statute. Lifetime totals. A case can cite multiple statutes — so the total here may exceed the case count in the table above.

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 · 1 violations · $0 in backwages · 1 worker affected

Case periodIndustryStatutesViolationsWorkersBackwagesCivil penalty
Sep 2021 – Feb 2022Paint and Coating ManufacturingFMLA11

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 PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
10
Unfair labor practice
9

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.). 10 cases · 9 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
18-CA-371986Unfair labor practiceAug 2025Dec 2025ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-288545Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Jan 2022ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-244785Unfair labor practiceJul 2019Nov 2020ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-241289Unfair labor practiceMay 2019Nov 2019ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-223951Unfair labor practiceJul 2018Oct 2018ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
18-CA-197648Unfair labor practiceApr 2017Jul 2017ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-018472Unfair labor practiceOct 2009Dec 2009ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-018013Unfair labor practiceApr 2008Feb 2009ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-CA-017786Unfair labor practiceJul 2007Oct 2008ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota
30-UC-000412UCNov 2004Dec 2004ClosedRegion 18, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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)

EPA inspections
1
Quarters non-compliant
2
Formal actions
1

EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation.

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
10800 S 13TH ST · OAK CREEK, WI, 53154
WaterRCRAViolation
QNCR 2
11Feb 2026View →

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

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

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.

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
2015-12-23Referral0$0
2013-04-30Referral11$3,850
2013-03-28Referral1$0
2004-03-03Referral65$14,625
1998-06-16Accident0$0
1986-05-19Planned0$0
1980-03-06Accident76$1,200

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 WI, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by PPG Industries, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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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 7 OSHA inspections on record with 15 violations and $19,675 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 4.26 compared to an industry average of 1.7.
Has PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. had any workplace fatalities?
Yes. Federal records show 2 fatality investigations involving PPG INDUSTRIES, INC..