Cambridge Packaging Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations
Cambridge, Ohio · Packaging and Labeling Services · NAICS 561910
1inspections
2citation items
$7,987current penalties
Sep 23, 2021last inspection
OSHA has inspected Cambridge Packaging Inc. once in Ohio.
The inspection began on Sep 23, 2021 on a referral, in Cambridge.
That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $12,288 and now stand at $7,987, 35% lower after settlements or reviews.
Machine guarding comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.212.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for staffing, cleaning and waste services employers since 2015 is $2,200, and Cambridge Packaging Inc. averages $7,987 (1 cited inspection).
Cambridge Packaging Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Sep 21, 2021: Employee partially amputates two fingers while operating ban
At 7:45 a.m. on September 21, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a packaging service was cutting cores on a vertical bandsaw. As the employee was cutting the 3-inch sections of a 6-inch-diameter hollow cardboard core, he moved the material inward toward the blade. As he was cutting the 3-inch sections and was on the last section of the core, he had his fingers placed inside the core. The blade contacted two of his fingers as it cut the core. The employee partially amputated two fingers and was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Cambridge site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 80 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Cambridge Packaging Inc.
Cambridge · 2025
80
0
0
0.0
2.1
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
An employee was using a bandsaw to cut packaging cores. As he was cutting the last packaging core, the sawblade cut his right middle and ring fingers, causing partial amputations to the fingertips.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
29 CFR 1910.212(b)
(b) Anchoring fixed machinery. Machines designed for a fixed location shall be securely anchored to prevent walking or moving.
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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.
