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Pago Pago, American Samoa · General Merchandise Stores · NAICS 452112

8inspections
22citation items
$18,053current penalties
Apr 14, 2023last inspection

Since 2009, OSHA inspectors have visited Cost U Less in American Samoa 8 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Apr 14, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Pago Pago.

In all, OSHA issued 22 citation items: 17 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $23,372; today they stand at $18,053, 23% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.178 (forklifts and other powered industrial trucks), 7 times.

Among retail employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $2,130 penalty. Cost U Less averages $1,774 across 4 cited inspections.

Cost U Less also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Cost U Less: OSHA citation items per year, 2009 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346636186 OPENED APR 14, 2023Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 33 employees at the site · Closed Jul 25, 2023

Ottoville Center, Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Department Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(j)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$4,687$3,281May 5, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(1) · Exit routes
Other-than-serious$0$0May 5, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2) · Electrical equipment, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0May 5, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(2)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0May 5, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a) · Electrical wiring methods
Other-than-serious$0$0May 5, 2023Final

Inspection 342070653 OPENED JAN 31, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 49 employees at the site · Closed Jul 26, 2017

Ottoville Center, Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · General Merchandise Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(c)(4) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$2,335$1,634Jun 28, 2017Final

Inspection 341159358 OPENED DEC 15, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed May 18, 2016

Ottoville Center, Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · General Merchandise Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
Serious$1,339$1,339Feb 9, 2016Final

Inspection 340701838 OPENED MAY 28, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 46 employees at the site · Closed Aug 17, 2015

Ottoville Center, Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · General Merchandise Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(b)(1)(ii) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$1,205$844Jul 30, 2015Final

Inspection 339232514 OPENED JUN 26, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 38 employees at the site · Closed Sep 25, 2013

Ottoville Center, Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · General Merchandise Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.36(d)(1) · Exit route design
Serious$3,500$2,625Aug 2, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
Serious$2,800$2,100Aug 2, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$3,500$2,625Aug 2, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.178(q)(7) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Aug 2, 2013Final

Inspection 331076265 OPENED SEP 27, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 39 employees at the site · Closed Feb 6, 2012

Ottoville Center, Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · General Merchandise Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$1,606$1,205Jan 19, 2012Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(a)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 19, 2012Final

Inspection 315053470 OPENED SEP 21, 2010Closed

Follow-up · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Sep 21, 2010

Ottoville Center, Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 313850802 OPENED SEP 14, 2009Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed May 10, 2016

Ottoville Center, Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · General Merchandise Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.36(b)(1) · Exit route design
Serious$900$900Jan 5, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(5) · Exit routes
Serious$0$0Jan 5, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$750$750Jan 5, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(iii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Jan 5, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
Serious$0$0Jan 5, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$750$750Jan 5, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jan 5, 2010Closed
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0Jan 5, 2010Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Pago Pago site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 55 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Cost U Less # 6
Pago Pago · 2025
55 000.04.6

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1)

(g) Safety data sheets. (1) Chemical manufacturers and importers shall obtain or develop a safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical they produce or import. Employers shall have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use.

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.36 · Exit route design

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

Other general merchandise stores employers in American Samoa

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