OSHA inspectors have visited Value Added Packaging, Inc. in Ohio one time.
It opened on Jan 17, 2017 on a referral, in Clayton.
In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.
The proposed penalties came to $15,211; today they stand at $4,000, 74% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.178 (forklifts and other powered industrial trucks), 3 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $4,500 penalty. Value Added Packaging, Inc. averages $4,000 across 1 cited inspection.
Value Added Packaging, 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 Clayton site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 42 workers: 7.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.1 for its industry. Those cases cost 110 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Value Added Packaging, Inc.
Clayton · 2025
42
3
1
7.9
2.1
Value Added Packaging
Clayton · 2021
42
1
0
2.3
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.
Jan 10, 2017, Clayton: Hospitalization · fractures · ankle(s)
An employee was walking behind a forklift and was struck by the forklift resulting in a broken right ankle and hospitalization.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii)
(ii) Prior to permitting an employee to operate a powered industrial truck (except for training purposes), the employer shall ensure that each operator has successfully completed the training required by this paragraph (l), except as permitted by paragraph (l)(5).
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(ii)
(ii) Training shall consist of a combination of formal instruction (e.g., lecture, discussion, interactive computer learning, video tape, written material), practical training (demonstrations performed by the trainer and practical exercises performed by the trainee), and evaluation of the operator's performance in the workplace.
29 CFR 1910.178(n)(6)
(6) The driver shall be required to look in the direction of, and keep a clear view of the path of travel.
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.
