Inspection 347076564 OPENED OCT 30, 2023Closed
316 West 16th Street, Erie, PA 16502 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
OSHA has inspected Berry Global 4 times in Pennsylvania since 2017.
The latest one began on Oct 30, 2023 after a complaint, in Erie.
Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $5,541 and now stand at $4,155, 25% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Berry Global averages $4,155 (1 cited inspection).
Berry Global also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 346889470 OPENED AUG 7, 2023Closed
20 Elmwood Avenue, Mountain Top, PA 18707 · Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 345997266 OPENED JUN 3, 2022Closed
2 Commerce Road, Pittston, PA 18640 · All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342570157 OPENED AUG 22, 2017Closed
20 Elmwood Avenue, Mountain Top, PA 18707 · Unlaminated Plastics Film and Sheet (except Packaging) Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause |
Serious | $5,541 | $4,155 | Sep 11, 2017 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Erie site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 133 workers: 5.3 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 82 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry Global Erie Erie · 2025 | 133 | 7 | 3 | 5.3 | 2.6 |
| Berry Global Inc Erie · 2023 | 128 | 2 | 0 | 1.6 | 2.6 |
| Berry Global - Pittston Pittston · 2022 | 161 | 4 | 3 | 2.8 | 2.6 |
| Berry Global - Pittston, PA Pittston · 2021 | 142 | 5 | 0 | 3.4 | 2.6 |
| Berry Global - MOPA Mountain Top · 2020 | 263 | 6 | 4 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| Berry Global Mountain Top · 2018 | 285 | 5 | 3 | 1.5 | 2.6 |
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Jan 28, 2025, Mountain Top: Hospitalization · fractures · lower leg(s)
The injured employee was standing near a plastic roll machine while another employee was taking a quality control sample of the plastic film. The machine was powered off at the time of sampling. Upon completion of the sampling, the machine was started up again and a metal shaft was ejected. The metal shaft still had a roll of plastic on it; it weighed approximately 920 pounds and it was…
Aug 21, 2017, Mountain Top: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee's finger was pinched between the core and metal shaft on a plastic roll, amputating his fingertip.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
Other unlaminated plastics film and sheet (except packaging) manufacturing employers in Pennsylvania
- Griff and Associates LLC. Fallsington · 12 citations · $41,032
- Trinity Plastics Incorporated Lewistown · 3 citations · $8,854
- Architectural Polymers, LLC Palmerton · 11 citations · $15,200
- Tri-State Plastics, Inc. Moon Township · 33 citations · $8,885
- Erie Molded Plastics, Inc. Erie · 17 citations · $4,114
- Emsco Group Girard · 2 citations · $0
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.