NEWS BRIEF: Dollar General shows “blatant disregard” for employee safety

No wonder their prices are cheap

US Attorney Office   Atlanta (courtesy DOJ)
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Employees at Dollar General stores in Georgia and Alabama are being exposed to safety risks, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. In one instance, a store in Dalton was levied $364,629 in penalties for violations such as failing to keep receiving areas clean and orderly, stacking materials in an unsafe manner, and failing to keep exit routes and workspaces around electrical panels clear. “Dollar General’s long and extensive history of workplace safety violations and repeated failures to protect its workers shows willful recklessness,” said OSHA Regional Administrator Kurt Petermeyer in Atlanta. “Their blatant and continued disregard for the safety of their employees must come to an end. “(We) will make every effort to hold them accountable for their failures.” dol.gov





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    Ellyn (unverified)

    __It's about time. They also need to mention that customers are also in jeopardy from the way they stack full boxes in the aisles. It's almost impossible to even shop there. I'm in Calhoun and things aren't much better in one fairly new store on Campbell Camp Road. It's disgusting. The bathroom is usually broken. No one seems to care.
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    Tara camp (unverified)

    All this is going to do is get the employees in trouble for not being able to keep the areas clean. The real problem is that they don't give employees hours to do it. They preach not to do this they preach not to work off the clock the preach not to block exit doors but then they give you 117 hours to run a store on with forces you to have to do said things
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