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SILGAN PLASTICS

910 GERBER ST., LIGONIER, IN, 46767
Operated by SILGAN HOLDINGS INC · 1 of 98 establishments
326160Plastics Bottle Manufacturing

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OSHA inspections
8
over 33 years
Violations
26
$20,150 in penalties
Penalties
$20,150
$775 avg
Violations across 4 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 National Emphasis Program inspections

Summary

SILGAN PLASTICS has accumulated 26 OSHA violations across 8 inspections over 33 years of recorded history, with $20,150 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 90th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 422 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 94th 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

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

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
8
0.2 / yr · last 33 yrs
Violations
26
0.8 / yr
Penalties
$20,150
$775 avg / violation
42% serious58% other
Inspection trigger · complaint
6 of 8
Inspection trigger · referral
1 of 8

63% 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 · 20 citations in this view · $20,150 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
29 CFR 1910.0176 B11$4,500Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0147 D11$4,095Mar 2022Mar 2022
29 CFR 1910.0037 A0311$2,250Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0022 A0111$1,800Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0022 B0111$1,800Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0111$1,800Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0037 B0411$1,800Jul 2013Jul 2013
29 CFR 1910.0253 B04 III11$650Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0212 A0111$485Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0303 G02 I11$485Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0215 B0911$485Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 L0611Mar 2008Mar 2008
29 CFR 1910.0305 B0111Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0179 G01 V11Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 II11Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I11Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 I11Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 M05 III11Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0178 Q0711Jan 2000Jan 2000
29 CFR 1910.0179 J04 I11Jan 2000Jan 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

90th

Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3261 within IN. Peer group: 422 employers. This establishment has 26 OSHA violations; peer median is 5.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
98th
peer median: $1,856
Inspection frequency
94th
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
2.2
vs industry
+1.1
TRIR
5.8
vs industry
+3.9

Reported for 248 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
1.9
BLS SOII 2024
Industry avg DART
1.1
BLS SOII 2024
Self-reported TRIR
5.8
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
6
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 SILGAN PLASTICS. Verify directly with Occupational Safety and Health Administration

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)Nov 201911

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
Nov 2018 – Nov 2019Plastics Bottle 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 SILGAN PLASTICS. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

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

Total cases
11
Unfair labor practice
10
Representation (union)
1

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.). 11 cases · 10 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
25-RD-320464Representation electionJun 2023Aug 2023ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-287325Unfair labor practiceDec 2021Nov 2022ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-252381Unfair labor practiceNov 2019Aug 2025ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-241724Unfair labor practiceMay 2019Jul 2019ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-103473Unfair labor practiceApr 2013Apr 2014ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-074946Unfair labor practiceFeb 2012Apr 2014ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-072644Unfair labor practiceJan 2012Apr 2014ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-068529Unfair labor practiceNov 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-065281Unfair labor practiceSep 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-063058Unfair labor practiceAug 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 25, Indianapolis, Indiana
25-CA-031870Unfair labor practiceJun 2011Apr 2014ClosedRegion 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 SILGAN PLASTICS. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

EPA inspections
4
Quarters non-compliant
5

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

FacilityPermitsStatusInspectionsFormal actionsPenaltiesLast inspectedECHO
SILGAN PLASTICS CORPORATION
910 GERBER ST · LIGONIER, IN, 46767
WaterRCRAViolation Identified
QNCR 5
40Oct 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 PLASTICS. 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
2022-01-06Referral11$4,095
2013-06-28Complaint0$0
2013-06-26Complaint66$13,950
2008-02-29Complaint1$0
1999-11-08Planned174$2,105
1999-06-01Complaint1$0
1995-10-11Complaint0$0
1993-07-08Complaint0$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 PLASTICS 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

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Other locations under this parent

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SILGAN PLASTICS 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 PLASTICS's OSHA violation history?
SILGAN PLASTICS has 8 OSHA inspections on record with 26 violations and $20,150 in total penalties.
How does SILGAN PLASTICS's safety record compare to its industry?
SILGAN PLASTICS operates in the plastics bottle manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 1.9. SILGAN PLASTICS's self-reported DART rate is 2.22 compared to an industry average of 1.1.