OSHA Inspection: FAMILY DOLLAR STORES, INC./ FAMILY DOLLAR STORES OF OHIO, LLC/ FAMILY DOLLAR OPERATIONS, LLC/ DOLLAR TREE, INC./ DOLLAR TREE MANAGEMENT, LLC/ DOLLAR TREE STORES INC.

Issued

Jul 28, 2022

Abate by

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $145,027 · Current $78,895 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1): All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.   The employer does 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) This most recently occurred on and preceding January 31, 2022, at 8525 Dunham Road, Maple Heights, OH 44137. Employees are exposed to slip, trip, fall, and fire hazards within the storeroom from wheeled carts, large boxes, bins, merchandise, and trash spread throughout the walking-working surface.   Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1314393, citation number 1, item number 1/a and was affirmed as a final order on August 27, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 2433 DeLowe Dr., EAST POINT, GA 30344.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1339655, citation number 1, item number 1/a and was affirmed as a final order on October 29, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 1274 Westchester Avenue, BRONX, NY 10459.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1352547, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 3, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 2925 Headland Dr., EAST POINT, GA 30344.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1417487, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on September 13, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 3407 Pulaski Pike NW, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35810.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.22(a)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1480377, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on May 24, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at 181 Straight St, PATERSON, NJ 07501.

Issued

Jul 28, 2022

Abate by

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $145,027 · Current $78,895 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3): Exit route(s) were not kept free and unobstructed:   The employer does not ensure that exit routes in the storeroom are kept free and unobstructed.   a) This most recently occurred on and preceding January 31, 2022, at 8525 Dunham Road, Maple Heights, OH 44137.  The paths of travel to the emergency exits in the storeroom were obstructed and/or blocked by wheeled carts, large boxes, bins, and trash. The emergency exit was also obstructed and/or blocked from the outside with snow and bagged trash/old merchandise.  In case of emergencies, employee evacuation to safety was slowed or prevented.    Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1352547, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May 3, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 2925 Headland Dr., EAST POINT, GA 30344.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1480377, citation number 2, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May 24, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at 181 Straight St, PATERSON, NJ 07501.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1248198, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 3, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 730 Center Street, AUBURN, ME 04210.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1366830, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 26, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 3552 Leavenworth St, OMAHA, NE 68114.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1377346, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on August 27, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 276 Main Street, ORANGE, NJ 07050.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1435006, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on January 6, 2020, with respect to a workplace located at 1301 Edwards St., HATTIESBURG, MS 39401.   Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1480368, citation number 3, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on May 17, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at 550 Getty Ave, CLIFTON, NJ 07011.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1546323, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on December 17, 2021, with respect to a workplace located at 535 Pine Island Road, NORTH FORT MYERS, FL 33903.

Issued

Jul 28, 2022

Abate by

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $145,027 · Current $78,895 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.176(b): Material stored in tiers were not stable and secure against sliding or collapse:   The employer does not protect employees from struck-by, tripping, and fall hazards within the storeroom.    a) This most recently occurred on and preceding January 31, 2022, at 8525 Dunham Road, Maple Heights, OH. Employees are exposed to struck-by, tripping, and fall hazards where boxed merchandise, stacked above head height, and in excess of 6 feet high, was not arranged in a stable and secure manner to prevent it from falling onto or in the path of employees.   Family Dollar, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.176(b), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1404948, citation number 1, item number 2 issued on July 29, 2019 and was affirmed as a final order on August 23, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 825 W Pine, Wyoming, RI 82941.  Family Dollar Distribution Center was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.176(b), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1287750, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on June 15, 2018, with respect to a workplace located at 1800 Family Dollar Dr., West Memphis, AR 72301.  Family Dollar Stores of Rhode Island, LLC. was previously cited for a  violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.176(b), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1454287, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 11, 2020, with respect to a workplace located at 214 Taunton Ave., East Providence, RI 02914.

Issued

Jul 28, 2022

Abate by

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $136,736 · Current $74,384 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1): Space about electric equipment. Sufficient access and working space shall be provided and maintained about all electric equipment to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment.     The employer does not ensure that sufficient access and working space is provided and maintained about all electric equipment (operating at 600 volts, nominal, or less to ground) to permit ready and safe operation and maintenance of such equipment.   a) This most recently occurred on and preceding January 31, 2022, at 8525 Dunham Road, Maple Heights, OH 44137. Employees are exposed to electrical and fire hazards from wheeled carts, large boxes, and bins obstructing access to electrical panels.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1)(ii), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1248198, citation number 1, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on October 3, 2017, with respect to a workplace located at 730 Center Street, AUBURN, ME 04210.  Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard, 29 CFR 1910.303(g)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1366830, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 26, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 3552 Leavenworth St, OMAHA, NE 68114.

Issued

Jul 28, 2022

Abate by

Sep 14, 2022

Penalty

Initial $113,960 · Current $61,994 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1): Portable fire extinguishers were not mounted, located, and identified so that they were readily accessible without subjecting the employees to injuries.     a) The employer does not ensure that the portable fire extinguisher was readily accessible without subjecting the employees to possible injury.  This most recently occurred on and preceding January 31, 2022, at 8525 Dunham Rd., Maple Heights, OH 44137.  Wheeled carts, large boxes, bins, stacked merchandise, and a gravity roller conveyer were in front of the fire extinguisher and preventing access, which exposed employees to fire hazards.   Family Dollar Stores, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1398022, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on June 5, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 1274 Westchester Avenue, BRONX, NY 10459.