Dollar General and Dolgencorp were fined $3.4 million by the Department of Labor for unsafe conditions after inspections in 2022 at nine locations in Maine, North Dakota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, according to a press release this week.
The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $21 million in fines since 2017 after 240 inspections at Dollar General stores nationwide.
The usual violations regarding these penalties were blocked aisles that could endanger people in case of a fire and unsafely stacked merchandise that could fall to employees.
The $3.4 million fine this time was no different, as inspections found blocked emergency exits and blocked aisles in nine locations….