This week, OSHA reported that Dollar General Continues
to Expose Workers to Unsafe Conditions in the US South.
In a March 13th news release,
the department of labor and OSHA announced
one million dollars
a new penalties against Dollar General
for repeated
safety violations that put workers safety at risk
in Florida, Georgia,
and Alabama.
Dollar General has incurred nearly 7.5 million
dollars in penalties through citations in 23 stores
during a brief one year period. Since 2017,
OSHA has issued more than 15 million dollars in fines
inside $1 General
and more than 180 inspections nationwide for numerous
willful, repeat
and serious workplace safety
violations related to unsafe conditions.
Dollar General workers in the Ocala,
Florida and Columbus,
Georgia stores experience serious fire hazards
like merchandise
blocking exits and fire extinguishers
and malfunctioning automatic sliding doors.
Blocked fire egresses were the principal
reason behind the 2012 Dhaka garment factory
fire in Bangladesh that killed at least 117 workers.
These safety violations are a grave
problem that must be addressed immediately.
This report comes out after
Dollar General workers in Irmo,
South Carolina
went on strike less than 2 months ago
for a lot of the same issues cited.