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A car drives by the parking zone exterior a Family Dollar Shops Inc. retailer in Chicago, Illinois, on Tuesday, March 3, 2020.
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Federal regulators have fined Family Dollar greater than $1.2 million in penalties associated to security violations at two Ohio shops, the Division of Labor’s Occupational Security and Well being Administration mentioned Monday.
In January and February of this 12 months, OSHA inspected Family Dollar shops in Columbus and Maple Heights and located blocked exits, unstable stacks, cluttered working areas and inaccessible electrical gear and fireplace extinguishers.
On the Columbus location, the company discovered “water-soaked ceiling tiles” had fallen to the ground on at the very least two events in “shut proximity” to workers, based on the quotation.
The company discovered 11 violations between the 2 shops, including to greater than 300 complete violations by Family Dollar and its dad or mum firm, Dollar Tree, during the last 5 years, OSHA mentioned in a launch.
“Family Dollar and Dollar Tree shops have an extended and disturbing historical past of placing earnings above worker security,” Assistant Secretary for Occupational Security and Well being Doug Parker mentioned in a press release. “Time and time once more, we discover the identical violations – blocked or obstructed emergency exits and aisles, containers of merchandise stacked excessive or in entrance {of electrical} panels and fireplace extinguishers. Every hazard can result in a tragedy.”
Consultant for Dollar Tree didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The corporate can contest the quotation and the superb with the company.
The fines come simply months after a Meals and Drug Administration investigation discovered rodents, useless and alive, in additional than 400 Family Dollar shops, resulting in mass voluntary recollects of merchandise this previous February.
Dollar shops have seen rising success amid a current interval of hovering inflation, as customers grapple with larger costs on the whole lot from groceries to gasoline. Dollar Tree upped its value level to $1.25 earlier this 12 months.
