Industries › NAICS 326
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing
NAICS subsector 326. OSHA inspections, injury summaries, Wage and Hour cases and OFLC filings for employers classified in the subsector.
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (NAICS 326) accounts for 9,650 OSHA inspections since 2016, 1.2% of all inspections, with $61M in current penalties ($6,323 per inspection; all industries $3,754).
Wage and Hour Division cases concluded in the industry number 665, with $10M in back wages agreed to pay. Employers in the industry filed 1,524 labor condition applications and 754 PERM applications in the fiscal years covered.
4,271 establishments reported 2025 injury summaries: a total recordable case rate of 2.6 per 100 full-time workers, below the 3.5 across all reporting establishments; the median reporting establishment has a rate of 2.1 (quartiles 0.0–4.4).
OSHA inspections and citations
Citations may be contested; the status shown reflects the record at the data date. Enforcement data through 14 Sep 2026.
| Measure | NAICS 326 | All industries |
|---|---|---|
| Citations per inspection | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| Current penalty per inspection | $6,323 | $3,754 |
| Share of all inspections | 1% | 100% |
Most-cited standards
| Standard | Subject | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1910.147 | The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) | 3,147 |
| 1910.212 | Machinery and machine guarding, general requirements | 1,875 |
| 1910.1200 | Hazard communication | 1,353 |
| 1910.178 | Powered industrial trucks | 973 |
| 1910.134 | Respiratory protection | 952 |
| 1910.305 | Electrical, wiring methods, components and equipment | 861 |
| 1910.303 | Electrical, general requirements | 750 |
| 1910.95 | Occupational noise exposure | 543 |
| 1910.219 | Mechanical power-transmission apparatus | 498 |
| 1910.132 | Personal protective equipment, general requirements | 442 |
Employers with the most inspections
| Employer | City | Inspections |
|---|---|---|
| The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Danville | 38 |
| Hankook Tire Manufacturing Tennessee, LP | Clarksville | 32 |
| The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Topeka | 21 |
| Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Virginia, LLC | Salem | 21 |
| Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC | LA Vergne | 20 |
| Bway | Elk Grove Village | 20 |
| Continental Tire the Americas llc | Mount Vernon | 20 |
| Pactiv LLC | Lake Forest | 18 |
| Klockner Pentaplast of America, Inc. | Gordonsville | 14 |
| East Jordan Plastics | Beaverton | 13 |
| Inteplast Group Corporation | Lolita | 13 |
| The Hc Companies, Inc. | Sparks | 13 |
| Peterson Products, Inc. | Dayton | 12 |
| Titan Tire Corporation | Des Moines | 12 |
| Core Molding Technologies Inc. | Columbus | 11 |
| Forming Technologies | Muskegon | 11 |
| Strong Industries, Inc. | Northumberland | 11 |
| Swan Products | Sparks | 11 |
| Coeur Dalene Window Company LLC | Spokane | 10 |
| Continental Structural Plastics | Carey | 10 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Injuries Form 300A summaries
Establishments submit their own Form 300A summaries; OSHA publishes the data as submitted and does not verify it. Rates are per 100 full-time workers.
Injury-rate distribution, 2025
Total recordable case rates across 4,076 establishments with at least 20,000 hours worked; the pooled rate uses all 4,271 reporting establishments' hours and cases.
| Year | Establishments | Employees | Recordable cases | TRC rate | DART rate | Median establishment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4,881 | 679,303 | 18,651 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 2024 | 4,595 | 602,827 | 16,244 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| 2025 | 4,271 | 735,086 | 14,240 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
Labor Wage and Hour Division
Concluded compliance actions since fiscal year 2005; amounts are back wages the employer agreed to pay, as recorded at case conclusion. Data through 15 Jun 2026.
Acts
| Act | Violations | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Fair Labor Standards Act | 19,961 | $10.0M |
| Family and Medical Leave Act | 32,615 | $245K |
| H-1B provisions | 24 | $105K |
| Davis-Bacon and Related Acts | 30 | $41K |
| FLSA child labor provisions | 59 | $0 |
| Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act | 3 | $0 |
| Employee Polygraph Protection Act | 2 | $0 |
| FLSA section 14(c) subminimum wage | 104 | $0 |
Employers with the largest back wages
| Employer | City | Back wages |
|---|---|---|
| Pactiv LLC | Lake Forest | $753,837 |
| Hankook Tire Manufacturing | Clarksville | $343,432 |
| Plastipak Packaging, Inc. | Highlands | $253,128 |
| Spears Manufacturing co. | Sylmar | $173,978 |
| Pactiv | Malvern | $169,724 |
| Jam Plastics Inc | Leominster | $137,783 |
| Albea Americas, Inc. | Washington | $96,591 |
| Mold Masters Company | Lapeer | $91,600 |
| Primex Plastics Corporation | Oakwood | $77,005 |
| Sunlite Plastics | Germantown | $76,289 |
| Fabri-Kal LLC | Kalamazoo | $53,944 |
| Garlock Sealing Technologies, LLC | Palmyra | $53,791 |
| Holz Rubber Company, Inc. | Lodi | $52,604 |
| Tulip Molded Plastics, LLC | Niagara Falls | $36,012 |
| Inteva Products, LLC | Troy | $34,876 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Immigration OFLC labor condition applications and PERM
Employer-specific case information was provided to OFLC by employers who submitted foreign labor certification applications. These are not employer responses to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' survey. Data through 30 Jun 2026.
H-1B applications by fiscal year
PERM applications by fiscal year
Employers with the most H-1B applications
| Employer | City | Applications |
|---|---|---|
| Entegris, Inc. | Billerica | 76 |
| Evonik Corporation | Piscataway | 66 |
| The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company | Akron | 55 |
| Illinois Tool Works Inc. | Glenview | 45 |
| Freudenberg-Nok General Partnership | Plymouth | 40 |
| Continental Tire The Americas, LLC | Fort Mill | 38 |
| Axium Packaging, LLC | New Albany | 28 |
| West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. | Exton | 27 |
| Piping Technology & Products, Inc | Houston | 26 |
| Dart Container of Michigan LLC | Mason | 22 |
| Inteplast Group Corporation | Lolita | 22 |
| Sealed Air Corporation (US) | Charlotte | 16 |
| ContiTech USA, LLC | Fairlawn | 14 |
| Kommerling USA Inc. | Huntsville | 14 |
| B D G Wrap-Tite, Inc. | Solon | 13 |
The list names employers that have a page on this site (organisations above the size floor); the totals above count every record in the files.
Questions and answers
Which employers in Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing have the most OSHA inspections?
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (38), Hankook Tire Manufacturing Tennessee, LP (32), The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (21)
What is the injury rate in Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing?
Establishments reporting for 2025 had a pooled total recordable case rate of 2.6 per 100 full-time workers; the median reporting establishment's rate is 2.1 with quartiles 0.0 to 4.4.
How many H-1B applications come from Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing?
1,524 labor condition applications in fiscal years 2025–2026 and 754 PERM applications.
How much in back wages did the Wage and Hour Division find due in Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing?
$10,383,632 agreed to pay across 665 concluded cases since fiscal year 2005.
Industry is the NAICS code on each record (the most common code where an employer's sources differ), grouped at the three-digit subsector. Sources: DOL enforcement data, OSHA ITA, OFLC disclosure data; see data sources and methodology.