RUSKEN PACKAGING INC
1700 SWAFFORD DR, Cullman, AL 35056
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Inspection records
Feb 8, 2023#346499148Feb 8, 2023Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#346499148$8,1374 viol.4 violations$8,137 in penalties
Inspection #346499148
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 8, 2023
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 8, 2023
- Final Order
- May 2, 2023
- Closed
- Jun 1, 2023
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 507
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 4
- Violation Types
- 3 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $13,561
- Penalties on Record
- $8,137
- Site Address
- 64 Walnut Street Nw, Cullman, AL 35055
- Industry
- 322211 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
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.
Violations
Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.176 Handling Materials - General OSHA citation code: 19100176 A | Serious | 1 | 4 | $4,520 | $2,712 | May 26, 2023 | - | May 2, 2023 |
| 01002A | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A01 | Serious | 1 | 3 | $9,041 | $5,425 | May 17, 2023 | - | May 2, 2023 |
| 01002B | 1910.212 General Requirements for All Machines (Machine Guarding) OSHA citation code: 19100212 A05 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | May 17, 2023 | - | May 2, 2023 |
| 02001 | 1910.1200 Hazard Communication OSHA citation code: 19101200 H01 | Other | 1 | 1 | $0 | $0 | May 17, 2023 | - | May 2, 2023 |
Nov 2, 2018#343577409Nov 2, 2018Monitoring (D) · Partial scope, Safety#343577409$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #343577409
Dates
- Opened
- Nov 2, 2018
- Closing Conference Date
- Nov 2, 2018
- Closed
- Nov 20, 2018
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 315
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 64 Walnut St. N.w., Cullman, AL 35055
- Industry
- 322212 Folding Paperboard Box Manufacturing
Monitoring Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a monitoring inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.
Dec 13, 2016#341971166Dec 13, 2016Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#341971166$7,9862 viol.2 violations$7,986 in penalties
Inspection #341971166
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 13, 2016
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 13, 2016
- Final Order
- Apr 20, 2017
- Closed
- Apr 21, 2017
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 450
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $11,408
- Penalties on Record
- $7,986
- Site Address
- 64 Walnut Street Nw, Cullman, AL 35055
- Industry
- 322211 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Violations
Violation list (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 F01 II | Serious | 1 | 2 | $11,408 | $7,986 | Apr 12, 2017 | - | Apr 20, 2017 |
| 02001 | 1910.147 Control of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout) OSHA citation code: 19100147 C06 II | Other | 1 | 2 | $0 | $0 | Apr 12, 2017 | - | Apr 20, 2017 |
Dec 4, 2015#341101434Dec 4, 2015Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#341101434$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #341101434
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 4, 2015
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 4, 2015
- Closed
- Dec 7, 2015
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 200
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 64 Walnut Street Northwest, Cullman, AL 35055
- Industry
- 322211 Corrugated and Solid Fiber Box Manufacturing
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Jan 9, 1984#13173539Jan 9, 1984Planned (H) · Records Only scope, Safety#13173539$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #13173539
Dates
- Opened
- Jan 9, 1984
- Closing Conference Date
- Jan 9, 1984
- Closed
- Jan 30, 1984
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- Not recorded
- Owner Type
- Not recorded
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 22
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1700 Swafford Dr, Cullman, AL 35056
- 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.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
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.
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.
5 inspections, 1984 to 2023. 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.