OSHA has inspected US Packaging, LLC 6 times in Wisconsin since 2006.
The latest one began on Jul 25, 2024 on a referral, in Elkhorn.
Those inspections ended with 13 citation items: 10 serious and 3 repeat.
Penalties were first proposed at $86,223 and now stand at $56,503, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lockout/tagout comes up most often in these citations: 10 items under 1910.147.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for transportation and warehousing employers since 2015 is $3,555, and US Packaging, LLC averages $17,691 (3 cited inspections).
US Packaging, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries 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 Elkhorn site logged 8 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 361 workers: 1.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 1.4 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
US Packaging LLC
Elkhorn · 2025
361
8
0
1.8
1.4
MAXUS Campus
Elkhorn · 2025
57
2
0
0.5
1.4
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Jul 19, 2024, Elkhorn: Amputation · amputations involving bone loss · other finger(s) n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning around a pouching machine when their right index finger was caught in the seal bar and amputated.
Mar 17, 2023, Elkhorn: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was fixing a jam in a machine when they were struck by a blade and sustained a left index fingertip amputation.
An employee was unloading product from a truck using a forklift. While stacking the product, one of the pallets fell. The employee got out of the forklift and started picking up the fallen product. When the first pallet fell it struck another stack of pallets, causing them to be unstable. The stack fell onto the employee causing multiple femur fractures.
Mar 30, 2015, East Troy: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was injured when she reached into a Bartelt Machine that was being repaired by a maintenance technician. The employee did not notice the maintenance technician and went behind the machine to remove a pouch from it. The machine caught the tip of her glove and pulled her hand back, amputating a portion of her pinky. The maintenance technician was unaware of her presence.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.
(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.
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(4)(ii)
(ii) The procedures shall clearly and specifically outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules, and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy, and the means to enforce compliance including, but not limited to, the following:
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.
