After recent federal inspections, Dollar General, which has been fined more than $6.5 million in penalties since 2017, now faces another $1.2 million in penalties for habitually disregarding workplace safety, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) said.
According to DOL’s news release, when the federal workplace safety inspectors investigated three Dollar General stores in Georgia in 2022, they found “exit routes obstructed, boxes of merchandise stacked unsafely and electrical panels hard to access.” These are the frequent violations at Dollar General locations, according to the release.
Recent inspections at Dollar General stores in Pembroke in February 2022, and Hogansville and Smyrna in March, revealed that the company failed to keep receiving areas clean and orderly and for unsafely stacking materials.
“These hazards exposed workers to slips, trips, and being struck by objects,” the government said. “OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] also issued citations for exposing workers to fire and entrapment hazards by failing to keep exit routes and electrical panels clear and unobstructed.”
Following the three latest inspections, DOL said OSHA proposed a total of $1,292,783 in penalties against the company.
DOL further noted that the latest violation of Dollar General was not the first of its kind for the company. Dollar General’s habit of ignoring the safety of its workers was also evident in five other Southeast locations, according to...
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