P.P.G. INDUSTRIES, INC.
940 WASHBURN SWITCH ROAD, SHELBY, NC 28150
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Inspection records
Mar 1, 2012#316420447Mar 1, 2012Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Health#316420447$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #316420447
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 1, 2012
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 1, 2012
- Closed
- Mar 1, 2012
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 940 Washburn Switch Road, Shelby, NC 28150
- Industry
- 327212 Other Pressed and Blown Glass and Glassware Manufacturing
Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Sep 30, 1999#303127351Sep 30, 1999Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#303127351$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #303127351
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 30, 1999
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 3, 1999
- Closed
- Nov 3, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,700
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 940 Washburn Switch Road, Shelby, NC 28150
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Mar 26, 1996#125223453Mar 26, 1996Planned (H) · Complete scope, Health#125223453$4,3149 viol.9 violations$4,314 in penalties
Inspection #125223453
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 26, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- May 14, 1996
- Closed
- Mar 4, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,850
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 7 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $8,065
- Penalties on Record
- $4,314
- Site Address
- 940 Washburn Switch Road, Shelby, NC 28150
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (8 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.23 Ladders OSHA citation code: 19100023 C03 | Serious | 3 | 116 | $2,626 | $563 | Aug 12, 1996 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1910.106 Flammable Liquids OSHA citation code: 19100106 E06 II | Serious | 1 | 6 | $1,313 | $563 | Jul 27, 1996 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1910.146 Permit-Required Confined Spaces OSHA citation code: 19100146 D04 VIII | Serious | 2 | 17 | $938 | $938 | Jul 27, 1996 | - | - |
| 01004A | 7F0101 OSHA citation code: 7F0101 A 1 | Serious | 3 | 19 | $2,250 | $2,250 | Jul 27, 1996 | - | - |
| 01004B | 7F0101 OSHA citation code: 7F0101 A 4 A | Serious | 1 | 15 | $0 | $0 | Jul 27, 1996 | - | - |
| 01004C | 1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 E | Serious | 3 | 19 | $0 | $0 | Jul 27, 1996 | - | - |
| 01005A | 1910.1000 Air Contaminants OSHA citation code: 19101000 A02 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $938 | $0 | Aug 26, 1996 | - | - |
| 02001 | 1910.138 Hand Protection OSHA citation code: 19100138 B | Other | 2 | 117 | $0 | $0 | Sep 27, 1996 | - | - |
Showing the 8 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 9 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Jun 28, 1994#125292524Jun 28, 1994Accident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#125292524$7,0003 viol.3 violations$7,000 in penalties
Inspection #125292524
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 28, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 26, 1994
- Closed
- Dec 9, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,756
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 serious
- Initial Penalties
- $7,000
- Penalties on Record
- $7,000
- Site Address
- 940 Washburn Switch Road, Shelby, NC 28150
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
Incident Investigation Summaries
Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.
Employees burned by molten glass eruption
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 9501.2901 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $3,500 | $3,500 | Sep 15, 1994 | - | - |
| 01002A | 1910.133 Eye and Face Protection OSHA citation code: 19100133 A01 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $3,500 | $3,500 | Sep 15, 1994 | - | - |
| 01002B | 1910.132 Personal Protective Equipment - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19100132 C | Serious | 1 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Sep 15, 1994 | - | - |
Nov 17, 1993#111097366Nov 17, 1993Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#111097366$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #111097366
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 17, 1993
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 17, 1993
- Closed
- Nov 17, 1993
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,600
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 940 Washburn Switch Road, Shelby, NC 28150
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Nov 30, 1982#14171706Nov 30, 1982Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#14171706$01 viol.1 violation$0 in penalties
Inspection #14171706
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 30, 1982
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 1, 1982
- Closed
- Jan 6, 1983
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 1,200
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 1
- Violation Types
- 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- Washburn Switch Rd, Shelby, NC 28150
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.307 Electrical - Hazardous (Classified) Locations OSHA citation code: 19100307 B | Other | 1 | - | $0 | $0 | Feb 15, 1983 | - | - |
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
6 inspections, 1982 to 2012. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.
Standards cited
Industry comparison
BLS 2024 survey: other pressed and blown glass and glassware manufacturing reported 2.5 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 19.7%). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source