Dollar Tree has been fined over $250,000 by the Labor Department for workplace safety violations at a location in Texas labeled as a 'pattern of disregard.'
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"Soon after federal workplace safety inspectors arrived at a Dollar Tree store in Mount Pleasant, Texas, they found the national discount retailer again shortchanging employee safety — continuing a pattern of disregard dating back to 2017 — by allowing storeroom merchandise to block exits and walkways and stacking boxes high enough to fall on workers," the U.S. Department of Labor said in a recentThe department has proposed $254,478 in penalties and said that an investigation Sept.
"They also discovered boxes stacked at unstable heights with the potential to seriously injure workers," the press release stated.also found that passageways, storage rooms and working surfaces were not kept "orderly and sanitary." "In the event of an emergency, workers and others must have fast and safe access to unblocked exit routes," said Eric S. Harbin, regional administrator for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Houston."Our inspectors found merchandise and other equipment blocking walkways and an emergency exit, this time in Mount Pleasant, Texas.
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