OSHA has inspected Amcor, Inc. 4 times in Georgia since 2015.
The latest one began on Feb 25, 2025 on a referral, in Thomson.
Those inspections ended with 21 citation items: 15 serious, 1 repeat and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $100,684 and now stand at $61,742, 39% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 8 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Amcor, Inc. averages $20,581 (3 cited inspections).
Amcor, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 346797186 OPENED JUN 22, 2023Closed
Complaint · Partial · Health · 115 employees at the site · Closed Nov 14, 2023
192 Quality Dr., Thomson, GA 30824 · Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Thomson site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 132 workers: 3.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.2 for its industry. Those cases cost 34 days away from work.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Feb 22, 2025, Thomson: Amputation · avulsions, enucleations without bone loss · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was clearing debris from a bag machine when the clamp closed on his right ring finger and the perforated blade amputated the fingertip without bone loss.
Apr 1, 2015, Thomson: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · foot (feet), unspecified
An employee suffered an injury when his feet and body were pulled through the rollers of the unfolder machine. The employee's feet were tangled on plastic that was on the floor. When the employee reversed the machine, his feet were pulled into it.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
