After more than 500 inspections since 2017 by the US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the state of Ohio’s OSHA programs at Family Dollar and Dollar Tree and over 300 violations, OSHA has proposed penalties of $1,233,364.

OSHA has stated that their inspections found problems with exit routes, fire extinguishers, and electrical panels that were dangerously obstructed or blocked. They also found unsafe walking-working surfaces and unstable stacks of merchandise.

The penalties were proposed after OSHA inspected two (2) Columbus, Ohio locations, responding to employee complaints of unsafe conditions and reported water leaking through the ceiling, causing wet floors and ceiling tiles on the floor.

A Fortune 500 company, Dollar Tree has been a leading operator of discount variety stores in North America for more than 30 years. Headquartered in Chesapeake, Virginia, the company operates more than 16,000 stores across the 48 contiguous states and five Canadian provinces, supported by a nationwide logistics network and more than 193,000 employees. The company’s stores operate under the Dollar Tree, Family Dollar, and Dollar Tree Canada brands. Dollar Tree acquired Family Dollar in 2015. In 2021, the company reported a gross profit of $7.7 billion.

To read the New Release issued by the US Department of Labor, CLICK HERE.