Middletown, Ohio · General Merchandise Stores · NAICS 452111
1inspections
1citation items
$9,500current penalties
Dec 1, 2017last inspection
Kohls, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.
OSHA opened it on Dec 1, 2017 on a referral, in Middletown.
From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $12,675 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $9,500, down 25%.
For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,130. Kohls, Inc. averages $9,500 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Kohls, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 4 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Nov 28, 2017: Employee is injured in fall from mobile ladder stand
At 11:15 a.m. on November 28, 2017, Employee #1 was working from a mobile ladder stand to clear a jam on an overhead conveyor. The employee fell off of the ladder stand, striking a concrete floor, and sustained a fractured hip, ribs, and a head contusion. Employee #1 was hospitalized and received treatment for his injuries.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Middletown site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 39 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.3 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
226 Middletownoh
Middletown · 2025
39
0
0
0.0
3.3
870 870 1 Monroe OH
Middletown · 2024
928
20
10
3.3
0.7
226 Middletown-OH
Middletown · 2024
45
0
0
0.0
3.3
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 4 reports on file.
Oct 16, 2024, Middletown: Hospitalization · injuries to the brain, spinal cord and severe wounds, internal injuries · head and trunk
On October 16, 2024, an employee was descending a caged ladder after clearing a conveyor jam on a raised catwalk. Below the point where the cage stopped, the employee missed a rung and fell. The employee hit her chin on the last rung of the ladder and rolled to the ground. She was hospitalized with a vertebral compression fracture, fractured ribs, and a brain bleed.
An employee was inspecting the bolts connecting the conveyor to the belt in the packing area when a container got caught in the gap between the conveyor and belt. When the employee went to clear the container from the belt, he lost his balance and caught his fall with his hand on the belt. His arm was then pulled into the gap between the conveyor and the roller, resulting in a fractured wrist,…
Oct 28, 2018, Middletown: Hospitalization · fractures · shoulder(s) and arm(s)
An employee walked into a stack of pallets and fell breaking their arm and shoulder.
Nov 28, 2017, Middletown: Hospitalization · cerebral and other intracranial hemorrhages · brain
A temporary employee fell 15 feet from a rolling staircase ladder onto the concrete floor, breaking a hip, wrist, and rib and suffering brain bleeding. The employee was hospitalized.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.
