Dollar Tree has 21 OSHA inspections on record in Missouri, the first in 2016.
OSHA's last visit started on Oct 17, 2022 after a complaint, in Grandview.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 6 citation items: 5 serious and 1 repeat.
OSHA proposed $22,821 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,130. Dollar Tree averages $7,607 over 3 cited inspections in that time.
Dollar Tree also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $0 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 12, 2019: Employee fractures skull when struck by falling pallets
At 7:00 p.m. on November 12, 2019, an employee was on a parked scrubber/sweeper under the pallet return area training a new reach truck driver when a coworker released a stack of pallets from the delta level. There was a slip sheet between each of the pallets and two pallets fell and struck the employee on the head. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured skull.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Warrensburg site logged 7 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 458 workers: 2.5 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 1 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
4186-DC14
Warrensburg · 2022
458
7
1
2.5
2.6
4186-05357
Kansas City · 2022
30
0
0
0.0
4.6
4186-00849
Saint Louis · 2022
22
1
0
9.5
4.6
4186-04463
Kansas City · 2022
20
0
0
0.0
4.6
4186-02054
Kansas City · 2022
21
1
0
10.7
4.6
4186-02527
Saint Louis · 2022
21
0
0
0.0
4.6
4186-06246
Kansas City · 2022
20
0
0
0.0
4.6
4186-22306
Kansas City · 2021
42
0
0
0.0
5.2
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Nov 12, 2019, Warrensburg: Hospitalization · fractures · skull
An employee was sitting on a maintenance sweeper scrubber, training another employee on a reach truck, when the employee was struck by a pallet that was released from the pallet return. The injured employee suffered a skull fracture.
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Oct 14, 2017 to Oct 12, 2019
Kansas City
1
0
$0
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(b) Compressed gases. The in-plant handling, storage, and utilization of all compressed gases in cylinders, portable tanks, rail tankcars, or motor vehicle cargo tanks shall be in accordance with Compressed Gas Association Pamphlet P-1-1965, which is incorporated by reference as specified in § 1910.6.
(a) General requirements. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee wears a protective helmet when working in areas where there is a potential for injury to the head from falling objects.
(1) All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.
29 CFR 1910.303 · Electrical equipment, general requirements
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.
