OSHA inspectors have visited New Method Packaging, LLC in Ohio one time.
It opened on May 13, 2019 on a referral, in Springfield.
In all, OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $9,282; today they stand at $4,641, 50% less.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. New Method Packaging, LLC averages $4,641 across 1 cited inspection.
New Method Packaging, LLC 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 May 7, 2019: Employee amputates finger while cleaning roller
At 7:30 a.m. on May 7, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured corrugated and solid cardboard boxes. He worked as a machine operator. Material had built up on a roller on a machine. The employee was cleaning the material off the roller. He had not locked out the machine. His hand was pulled into a pinch point. One of his fingertips was amputated. He was not hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Springfield site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 42 workers: 9.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 42 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
NMP
Springfield · 2025
42
4
1
9.8
1.8
New Method Packaging, Llc
Springfield · 2021
47
2
1
4.5
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 cleaning a rotary die cutter machine, which takes sheets of corrugated cardboard and cuts out pizza boxes. The employee was cleaning out ink that accumulates at the side section of the ink metering rolls and suffered a partial amputation of the right index finger below the nail. 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.
(d) Application of control. The established procedures for the application of energy control (the lockout or tagout procedures) shall cover the following elements and actions and shall be done in the following sequence:
Other corrugated and solid fiber box manufacturing employers in Ohio
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.
