DALTON, GA —
OSHA Inspection: DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
Monitoring inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a monitoring safety inspection of DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION in 1288 BEAVERDALE RD NE, DALTON, GA 30721 (NAICS 445120). OSHA activity number 345510051.
OSHA opens inspections for many reasons — routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION
- Site address
- 1288 BEAVERDALE RD NE
- City
- DALTON
- State
- GA
- ZIP
- 30721
- Mailing
- 100 MISSION RIDGE, GOODLETTSVILLE, TN 37072
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Monitoring (D)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 445120
- Employees
- 5
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1910.22 A01
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $136,736 · Current $102,552 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1):29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that all places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition. a) The employer fails to ensure effective protection against trip hazards as required by the standard, as demonstrated on or about August 31, 2021, at 1288 Beaverdale Rd NE Dalton, Georgia, when merchandise, roll-tainers. and empty boxes stacked higher than 6 feet blocked the passageway and storeroom, not allowing safe passageway for employees to move product in and out of the backroom onto the sales floor and from delivery trucks.
Recent events (2)
- — I (W) $102552
- — Z (W) $136736
1910.176 B
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $136,736 · Current $102,552 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers was not stacked, blocked, interlocked or limited in height so that it was stable and secure against sliding and collapse: a) The employer fails to ensure effective protection against struck-by hazards as required by the standard, as demonstrated on or about August 31, 2021, at 1288 Beaverdale Rd NE Dalton, Georgia, when employees were directed to enter into the back storage room to either collect product for the sales floor or to unload delivery trucks, that loose and boxed merchandise was stacked, limited in height and arranged in an unstable and unsecure manner which could not prevent the merchandise from falling onto or in the path of employees. Product was stacked at heights greater than 6 feet.
Recent events (2)
- — I (W) $102552
- — Z (W) $136736
1910.37 A03
- Issued
- Feb 23, 2022
- Penalty
- Initial $91,157 · Current $68,368 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3):Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed: a) On or about August 31, 2021, the far left exit route of the store was obstructed by stored product/boxes, impeding direct means of egress for employees in the event of an emergency. The Dollar General was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1517332, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 6-22-2021, with respect to a workplace located at 73 E. Hollis St, Nashua NH. The Dollar General Corporation was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1500289, citation number 1, item number 1-a and was affirmed as a final order on 5-10-2021, with respect to a workplace located at 514 North Antrim Way, Greencastle, PA. The Dollar General was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1483184, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 9-16-2020, with respect to a workplace located at 11 River Rd #35, North Arlington, NJ.
Recent events (2)
- — I (R) $68367.75
- — Z (R) $91157
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 345510051.
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