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PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

ELWIN & MT. ZION RD., MOUNT ZION, IL, 62549
Operated by PPG Industries · 1 of 357 establishments
327213Glass Container Manufacturing
EIN 344355007

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OSHA inspections
13
over 40 years
Violations
25
$16,613 in penalties
Penalties
$16,613
$665 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations · 1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. has accumulated 25 OSHA violations across 13 inspections over 40 years of recorded history, with $16,613 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 100th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 62 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 100th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 12 years 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
13
0.3 / yr · last 40 yrs
Violations
25
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$16,613
$665 avg / violation
24% serious76% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
10 of 13
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 13

85% 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. 20 distinct standards shown · 23 citations in this view · $16,613 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0176 B22$8,488Nov 1999Jul 2014
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I22$1,700Jun 2002Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I22Jun 2002Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 II11$1,875Sep 2004Sep 2004
29 CFR 1910.0305 A02 IIIG11$1,050Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$700Nov 2005Nov 2005
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$650Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 P0111$650Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1904.0040 A11$500Jul 2014Jul 2014
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 III11$500Oct 1998Oct 1998
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 I11$500Oct 1998Oct 1998
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 IIC11Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.1200 H03 II11Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 IID11Jun 2002Jun 2002
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0111Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0711Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1910.0305 A02 IIIB11Dec 2000Dec 2000
29 CFR 1910.0134 C0111Sep 2000Sep 2000
29 CFR 1910.0094 A04 I11Sep 2000Sep 2000
29 CFR 1910.0146 C07 III11Jun 2000Jun 2000

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

100th

Worse on violations than nearly every other employer in NAICS 3272 within IL. Peer group: 62 employers. This establishment has 25 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $668
Inspection frequency
100th
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
5.1
vs industry
+2.3
TRIR
5.1
vs industry
+1.0

Reported for 38 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
4.1
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
2.8
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.1
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
Complaint
10
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

OSHA accident events

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

DateEventInjuriesHospitalizedFatalities
Jul 13, 1999UNSECURED,WORK RULES,GLASS PACK,CRUSHED,STORAGE RACK,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,UNSTABLE LOAD11

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
12 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 12+ years. Most recent activity: 12 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 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 IL — for PPG Industries, not this location alone

Total cases
7
Unfair labor practice
7

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.). 7 cases · 7 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
13-CA-176613Unfair labor practiceMay 2016Aug 2016ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-172785Unfair labor practiceMar 2016Sep 2016ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-162045Unfair labor practiceOct 2015Nov 2015ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
13-CA-160273Unfair labor practiceSep 2015Nov 2015ClosedRegion 13, Chicago, Illinois
33-CA-016042Unfair labor practiceJun 2010Jun 2011ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-015869Unfair labor practiceAug 2009Oct 2009ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
33-CA-013634Unfair labor practiceApr 2001Aug 2004ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana

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

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
2014-04-04Complaint2$7,500
2005-10-12Complaint1$700
2004-08-06Complaint33$1,875
2002-02-25Complaint1$0
2002-02-25Complaint0$0
2002-02-25Complaint4$1,700
2000-10-11Complaint4$1,700
2000-09-26Complaint2$650
2000-08-09Complaint2$0
2000-06-01Unprogrammed Related2$0
1999-07-16Referral11$1,488
1998-09-08Complaint32$1,000
1985-08-13Planned0$0

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 glass container manufacturing within IL, 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 13 OSHA inspections on record with 25 violations and $16,612.5 in total penalties.
How does PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.'s safety record compare to its industry?
PPG INDUSTRIES, INC. operates in the glass container manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.1. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.'s self-reported DART rate is 5.08 compared to an industry average of 2.8.