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SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION

135 NATIONAL RD., EDISON, NJ, 08817
Operated by SILGAN HOLDINGS INC · 1 of 98 establishments
332431Metal Can Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
7
over 14 years
Violations
8
$51,044 in penalties
SVEP
YES
Severe violator program
Violations across 3 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
4 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION has accumulated 8 OSHA violations across 7 inspections over 14 years of recorded history, with $51,044 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 49th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 56 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 82nd percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 months ago.

Federal records were found in 3 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.

Agency coverage

SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and NLRB labor relations records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, 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

Inspections
7
0.5 / yr · last 14 yrs
Violations
8
0.6 / yr
Penalties
$51,044
$6,381 avg / violation
75% serious25% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
5 of 7
Inspection trigger · referral
2 of 7

29% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 2 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. 7 distinct standards shown · 8 citations in this view · $51,044 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I22$16,030Jun 2022Feb 2024
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$14,502Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 I11$11,396Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0179 J0311$9,116Jun 2022Jun 2022
29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I11Feb 2024Feb 2024
29 CFR 1910.0110 F06 II11Jun 2022Jun 2022
5A000111Jun 2022Jun 2022

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

49th

Below average violations in NAICS 3324 within NJ. Peer group: 56 employers. This establishment has 8 OSHA violations; peer median is 8.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
95th
peer median: $3,623
Inspection frequency
82nd
peer median: 2

Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)

No self-reported injury rates filed with OSHA's Injury Tracking Application for SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION. Verify directly with OSHA Injury Tracking Application

Industry benchmark

Industry avg TRIR
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
0.9
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
Not in OSHA ITA

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

Complaint
5
Referral
2

Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.

OSHA severe injury reports

Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Jun 2017 – Aug 2023 · 1 in last 5 years

Reports
2
Hospitalizations
1
Amputations
2
Eye losses
0

Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).

Severe injury reports — events

Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.

DateEventBody partOutcome
Aug 17, 2023Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaningFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation
Jun 29, 2017Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured workerFinger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.Amputation

Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.

Activity timeline

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

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

Wage & Hour Division (WHD)

No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in NJ — for SILGAN HOLDINGS INC, not this location alone

Total cases
9
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 SILGAN HOLDINGS INC 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 · 9 ULP

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
22-CA-353982Unfair labor practiceOct 2024OpenRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-342048Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Sep 2024ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-341542Unfair labor practiceMay 2024Sep 2024ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-335127Unfair labor practiceFeb 2024Sep 2024ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-331956Unfair labor practiceDec 2023Sep 2024ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-324825Unfair labor practiceAug 2023Nov 2023ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-317042Unfair labor practiceApr 2023Oct 2023ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-289576Unfair labor practiceJan 2022Sep 2022ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey
22-CA-087266Unfair labor practiceAug 2012Oct 2012ClosedRegion 22, Newark, New Jersey

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 SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
3
Quarters non-compliant
7
Formal actions
5
EPA penalties
$367,880

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). 1 facility · $367,880 in assessed penalties.

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORP
135 NATIONAL ROAD · EDISON, NJ, 08817
AirRCRATRINo Violation Identified
QNCR 7
35$367,880Jun 2025View →

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 SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — SILGAN PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS CORPORATION (across 1 entity)
Obligated (5-yr)
$27K
Obligated (all-time)
$27K
Awards (all-time)
1

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
2026-05-08Referral0$0
2023-08-21Referral22$6,914
2023-08-03Complaint0$0
2021-12-29Complaint64$44,130
2015-02-06Complaint0$0
2014-04-24Complaint0$0
2012-05-22Complaint0$0

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION is one of 98 establishments rolled up under the parent organization SILGAN HOLDINGS INC.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of SILGAN HOLDINGS INC across all 98 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other employers in this industry and state

Other employers in metal can manufacturing within NJ, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION 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 SILGAN HOLDINGS INC, which operates 98 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 SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION's OSHA violation history?
SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION has 7 OSHA inspections on record with 8 violations and $51,044.4 in total penalties.
How does SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION's safety record compare to its industry?
SILGAN CONTAINERS MANUFACTURING CORPORATION operates in the metal can manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9.