Woodbine, Georgia · Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper Manufacturing · NAICS 322220
3inspections
5citation items
$26,700current penalties
May 15, 2023last inspection
OSHA has inspected Greif, Inc. 3 times in Georgia since 2019.
The latest one began on May 15, 2023 after a complaint, in Doraville.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $45,542 and now stand at $26,700, 41% lower after settlements or reviews.
Walking-working surfaces comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.22.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $4,500, and Greif, Inc. averages $13,350 (2 cited inspections).
Greif, 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 14, 2021: Employee amputates thumb in shaft while unjamming energized
At 4:00 p.m. on September 14, 2021, an employee working for a metal container manufacturer was preparing to unjam the KK2 machine. The employee reached over a guard on the machine while it was running to remove a tool. The employee caught his right hand in the shaft. The employee amputated his thumb requiring medical treatment without hospitalization.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Woodbine site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 27 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
GREIF IP Woodbine
Woodbine · 2025
27
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 trying to remove a tool from a machine when his right thumb was caught in the sprocket of the shaft of the machine resulting in an amputation. The machine was not locked out at the time.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(4) Energy control procedure. (i) Procedures shall be developed, documented and utilized for the control of potentially hazardous energy when employees are engaged in the activities covered by this section.
(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
29 CFR 1910.219 · Belts, pulleys and power-transmission parts
29 CFR 1910.219(f)(3)
(3) Sprockets and chains. All sprocket wheels and chains shall be enclosed unless they are more than seven (7) feet above the floor or platform. Where the drive extends over other machine or working areas, protection against falling shall be provided. This subparagraph does not apply to manually operated sprockets.
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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.
