A Dollar General store in Creve Coeur, Illinois.
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dollar general More fines have been imposed for employee safety violations, this time for issues in three Southeast stores in the amount of $387,000, Labour Department Said Thursday.
Federal inspectors with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration found merchandise blocking exit routes at two stores in Florida, posing fire and entrapment hazards to workers, as well as blocked exit routes and boxes at a store in Alabama and Volatile stockpiles of goods have been exposed. a press release.
“Dollar General’s growing record of disregarding safety measures makes it clear that the company puts profit before the public,” OSHA regional administrator Kurt Petermeier said in a statement. “These violations are preventable, and failing to prevent them shows a blatant disregard for the employees they depend on to keep their stores operating. OSHA is determined to hold Dollar General accountable for its failures.” is making every effort to.”
The department said Dollar General has 15 days to comply with its citations and penalties, request a conference with OSHA or contest the findings.
Dollar General did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Since 2017, Dollar General has been fined more than $15 million for various violations, according to the Department of Labor.
The agency said that over the past 11 months, dozens of similar breaches had been identified at 19 stores in Alabama, Florida and Georgia.
Seven inspections in three states resulted in $2.7 million in penalties in November 2022, in addition to the same $1.6 million in penalties for October. In August, the dollar was hit with the General Nearly $1.3 million in fines for similar violations at the company’s three Georgia locations.
In August, rival dollar Tree it was also fined $1.2 million by OSHA for employee safety violations.