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Dollar Tree Distribution Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Chesapeake, Virginia · General Merchandise Stores · NAICS 452990

2inspections
7citation items
$36,972current penalties
Aug 26, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Dollar Tree Distribution Inc. 2 times in Virginia since 2017.

The latest one began on Aug 26, 2021 on a referral, in Chesapeake.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 7 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $42,455 and now stand at $36,972, 13% lower after settlements or reviews.

Fall protection in general industry comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.28.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $2,130, and Dollar Tree Distribution Inc. averages $18,486 (2 cited inspections).

Dollar Tree Distribution Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345497994 OPENED AUG 26, 2021Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 161 employees at the site · Closed Dec 8, 2021

1330 Executive Blvd., Chesapeake, VA 23320 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 23, 2021: Employee sustains concussion in fall from picker module

At 2:08 p.m. on August 23, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a warehouse was loading boxes on the second level of a picker module. The employee fell off of the picker module to the floor. The employee was hospitalized to treat injuries to the back of her head and her lower back.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.28(b)(2)(i) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$12,090$12,090Oct 26, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.30(a)(1) · Training requirements
 Serious$12,090$12,090Oct 26, 2021Final

Inspection 342253481 OPENED APR 17, 2017Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 231 employees at the site · Closed Jul 17, 2017

500 Volvo Parkway, Chesapeake, VA 23320 · General Merchandise Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 16VAC25-60.120
 Serious$5,355$3,748Jun 6, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.28(a)(5) · Fall protection in general industry
 Serious$3,485$2,440Jun 6, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.37(b)(4) · Exit routes
 Serious$4,080$2,856Jun 6, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1910.132(e) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$5,355$3,748Jun 6, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(iii) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jun 6, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(e)

(e) Defective and damaged equipment. Defective or damaged personal protective equipment shall not be used.

29 CFR 1910.132(f)(1)(iii)

(iii) How to properly don, doff, adjust, and wear PPE;

29 CFR 1910.28 · Fall protection in general industry

29 CFR 1910.28(b)(2)(i)

(i) Each employee in a hoist area is protected from falling 4 feet (1.2 m) or more to a lower level by:

29 CFR 1910.30 · Training requirements

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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