OSHA has inspected Midlands Packaging Corp 4 times in Nebraska since 1986.
The latest one began on Jul 23, 2024 after a complaint, in Lincoln.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,066 and now stand at $9,146, 30% lower after settlements or reviews.
Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.178.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and Midlands Packaging Corp averages $4,573 (2 cited inspections).
Midlands Packaging Corp 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 Apr 4, 2021: Employee fractures foot and ankle while operating standing f
At approximately 5:45 p.m. on April 4, 2021, Employee #1 was operating a standing forklift while backing up when the employee stepped off the forklift before it had come to a complete stop. As a result, the employee's left foot was caught between the forklift and racking. The injury caused a fractured left foot and ankle. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Lincoln site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 146 workers: 2.6 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
Midlands Packaging
Lincoln · 2025
146
4
0
2.6
2.1
Midlands Packaging Corporation
Lincoln · 2021
170
3
2
1.7
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 backing up a standup forklift when their left foot was crushed between the forklift and a rack, resulting in a fracture and lacerations.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)
(h) Post-mortem data: Increased incidence and/or severity of post-mortem findings may be indicative of maternal toxicity. This can include gross or microscopic pathological findings or organ weight data, including absolute organ weight, organ-to-body weight ratio, or organ-to-brain weight ratio. When supported by findings of adverse histopathological effects in the affected organ(s), the observation of a significant change in the average weight of suspected target organ(s) of treated dams (mothers), compared to those in the control group, may be considered evidence of maternal toxicity.
(c) General—(1) Energy control program. The employer shall establish a program consisting of energy control procedures, employee training and periodic inspections to ensure that before any employee performs any servicing or maintenance on a machine or equipment where the unexpected energizing, start up or release of stored energy could occur and cause injury, the machine or equipment shall be isolated from the energy source, and rendered inoperative.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
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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.
