The Labor Department fined Dollar General $1.6 million in proposed penalties for failing to follow federal workplace safety standards at multiple stores in the Southeast.
The Department of Labor has hit Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC withfor not adhering to federal workplace safety standards at four stores in Alabama, Georgia and Florida.
The OSHA citations also included exposing workers to fire and entrapment hazards by not keeping exit routes and electrical panels clear and unobstructed. The company was also cited for failing to mount and label fire extinguishers, and for having a locked exit door that required a key to open. OSHA has conducted 182 inspections at Dollar General locations across the country since 2017. Agency inspectors often find unsafe conditions at these stores that put the safety of workers at risk if they need to quickly exit in an emergency, the Department of Labor said in a press release.
The company, which operates more than 18,000 Dollar General discount stores in 47 states, has received more than $9.6 million in total initial penalties since 2017.
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