Dollar General Fined Nearly $1.3 Million for Worker Safety Violations

Dollar General is being hit with nearly $1.3 million in fines for worker safety violations after visits by federal inspectors to three of its Georgia locations, the Department of Labor said Monday. According to a statement by officials, when federal workplace safety inspectors visited three Dollar General stores in Georgia earlier this year, they found exit routes obstructed, boxes of merchandise stacked unsafely and electrical panels hard to access, violations often cited at Dollar General locations. A February inspection at a Dollar General store in Pembroke, and separate March visits in Hogansville and Smyrna, identified four willful and seven repeat violations. Specifically, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cited the company for failing to keep receiving areas clean and orderly and for stacking materials in an unsafe manner. These hazards exposed workers to slips, trips and being struck by objects. OSHA also issued citations for exposing workers to fire and entrapment hazards by failing to keep exit routes and electrical panels clear and unobstructed, the statement said. As a result of the three latest inspections, OSHA has proposed $1,292,783 in penalties. Dollar General has 15 business days from receipt of its citations and penalties to comply, request an

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