St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands · Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · NAICS 445110
8inspections
12citation items
$12,112current penalties
Feb 4, 2020last inspection
OSHA has inspected Cost-U-Less 8 times in U.S. Virgin Islands since 1995.
The latest one began on Feb 4, 2020 as a planned inspection, in St Thomas.
Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 7 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $13,352 and now stand at $12,112, 9% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Cost-U-Less averages $3,637 (3 cited inspections).
Cost-U-Less also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the St Thomas site logged 2 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 133 workers: 1.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 55 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Cost U Less # 37
St Thomas · 2025
133
2
2
1.7
4.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)
(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.
29 CFR 1904.2 · Partial exemption for establishments in certain industries
(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(f)(5)(i)
(5) Transportation. (i) Chemical manufacturers, importers, or distributors shall ensure that each container of hazardous chemicals leaving the workplace is labeled, tagged, or marked in accordance with this section in a manner which does not conflict with the requirements of the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act (49 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) and regulations issued under that Act by the Department of Transportation (49 CFR subtitle B).
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
