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SONOCO PRODUCTS

5216C ARBOGA ROAD, MARYSVILLE, CA, 95901
Operated by SONOCO PRODUCTS CO · 1 of 117 establishments
EIN 831266263

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OSHA inspections
1
over 28 years
Violations
2
$5,300 in penalties
Penalties
$5,300
$2,650 avg
Violations across 2 federal agencies
Enforcement actions from multiple agencies may indicate systemic compliance issues across functions.
Accident investigations on record
1 hospitalizations

Summary

SONOCO PRODUCTS has accumulated 2 OSHA violations across 1 inspection over 28 years of recorded history, with $5,300 in total assessed penalties.

The establishment sits in the 54th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 119,379 employers. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 28 years ago.

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

Agency coverage

SONOCO PRODUCTS appears in OSHA workplace safety and NLRB labor relations 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, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.

OSHA workplace safety

Inspections
1
0.0 / yr · last 28 yrs
Violations
2
0.1 / yr
Penalties
$5,300
$2,650 avg / violation
50% serious50% other

100% of inspections at this establishment produced 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. 2 distinct standards shown · 2 citations in this view · $5,300 in penalties.

CFR sectionCitationsInspectionsTotal penaltyFirst citedLast cited
3328 E11$5,000Apr 1998Apr 1998
3273 A11$300Apr 1998Apr 1998

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

54th

Above average violations. Peer group: 119,379 employers. This establishment has 2 OSHA violations; peer median is 1.

Fewer violationsMore violations
Penalty percentile
97th
peer median: $0
Inspection frequency
0th
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
0.9
vs industry
TRIR
0.9
vs industry

Reported for 119 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.

OSHA severe injury reports

No severe injury reports (hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) on file under 29 CFR 1904.39 for SONOCO PRODUCTS. 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
Jan 19, 1998FRACTURE,DISMANTLING,SLIP,FALL,STRUCK BY,LEG11

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
28 years ago

No federal enforcement activity has been recorded against this establishment in 28+ years. Most recent activity: 28 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 SONOCO PRODUCTS. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division

Mine safety (MSHA)

No MSHA mine safety violations on file for SONOCO PRODUCTS. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration

Labor relations (NLRB)

Company-level in CA — for SONOCO PRODUCTS CO, not this location alone

Total cases
3
Unfair labor practice
2
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 SONOCO PRODUCTS CO 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.). 3 cases · 2 ULP · 1 representation

Case numberTypeFiledClosedStatusRegion
21-CA-330908Unfair labor practiceNov 2023Mar 2024ClosedRegion 21, Los Angeles, California
21-RC-329423Representation electionNov 2023Sep 2024ClosedRegion 21, Los Angeles, California
21-CA-145219Unfair labor practiceJan 2015Feb 2015ClosedRegion 21, Los Angeles, California

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 SONOCO PRODUCTS. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification

Environmental compliance (EPA)

No EPA inspections or formal enforcement actions on file for SONOCO PRODUCTS. Verify directly with Environmental Protection Agency

Federal criminal prosecution record

No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for SONOCO PRODUCTS. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry

Federal contracts

No federal contracts are recorded to this specific location.

Company-wide — SONOCO PRODUCTS COMPANY (across 7 entities)
Obligated (5-yr)
$101K
Obligated (all-time)
$9.8M
Awards (all-time)
749

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
1998-01-27Unprogrammed Related21$5,300

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

In the news

Part of a larger organization

SONOCO PRODUCTS is one of 117 establishments rolled up under the parent organization SONOCO PRODUCTS CO.

Federal enforcement records on this page represent activity at this specific establishment only. The full enforcement footprint of SONOCO PRODUCTS CO across all 117 of its tracked locations is viewable on the parent profile.

Other locations under this parent

Other establishments operated by SONOCO PRODUCTS CO, ordered by federal enforcement volume:

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About this data

This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on SONOCO PRODUCTS 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 SONOCO PRODUCTS CO, which operates 117 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 SONOCO PRODUCTS's OSHA violation history?
SONOCO PRODUCTS has 1 OSHA inspection on record with 2 violations and $5,300 in total penalties.