Madison, South Dakota · Plastics Packaging Film and Sheet (including Laminated) Manufacturing · NAICS 326112
4inspections
7citation items
$12,000current penalties
May 8, 2025last inspection
PPD (USA) Inc. has 4 OSHA inspections on record in South Dakota, the first in 2001.
OSHA's last visit started on May 8, 2025 as a planned inspection, in Madison.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 7 citation items: 1 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $16,697 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $12,000, down 28%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.95, noise (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. PPD (USA) Inc. averages $6,000 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
PPD (USA) 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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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Madison site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 43 workers: 10.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
PPD USA Inc
Madison · 2025
43
4
0
10.9
2.6
PPD USA, Inc
Madison · 2019
95
27
5
22.3
2.1
PPD USA Inc.
Madison · 2017
83
6
1
8.1
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.
Dec 1, 2023, Madison: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
On December 1, 2023, an employee was using a bearing press machine to insert bearings into plastic press-molded parts. The machine activated and caught the employee's left hand, amputating the tip of the index finger.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(6) Periodic inspection. (i) The employer shall conduct a periodic inspection of the energy control procedure at least annually to ensure that the procedure and the requirements of this standard are being followed.
(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.
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.