Cincinnati, Ohio · General Merchandise Stores · NAICS 452111
2inspections
2citation items
$12,408current penalties
Jul 27, 2017last inspection
Macy's has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Ohio, the first in 2014.
OSHA's last visit started on Jul 27, 2017 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Mason.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $15,408 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $12,408, down 19%.
For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,130. Macy's averages $11,408 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Macy's also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jul 25, 2017 (fatal): Employee falls in coma when struck by falling crimping tool,
At 7:30 a.m. on July 24, 2017, an employee and a coworker were fixing a leak in a ceiling. The cowoker was using a crimping tool that weighed 19 lbs and fell from the ladder. As he fell, the crimping tool struck the employee in his face and fell into a coma. The employee died on August 26, 2017 from multiple injuries that included blunt force trauma to the frontal lobe of the head, bone fracture behind the ear, and a lacerated kidney.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2025, the Cincinnati site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 247 workers: 1.8 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
71560
Cincinnati · 2025
247
3
0
1.8
3.3
71568
Cincinnati · 2025
59
1
1
2.7
3.3
71571
Cincinnati · 2024
20
0
0
0.0
3.3
80040
Cincinnati · 2020
453
0
0
0.0
2.8
71564
Cincinnati · 2019
92
4
2
6.0
2.8
71567
Cincinnati · 2019
86
0
0
0.0
2.8
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Jun 22, 2018, Cincinnati: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified
An employee was on a step stool, placing merchandise on a rack against the wall. The stool broke and she fell to the ground, breaking her leg.
Jul 25, 2017, Mason: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · head and trunk
An employee fell off a ladder while repairing a ceiling, suffering head and kidney injuries.
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(d)(1)(ii)
(ii) Communicate selection decisions to each affected employee; and,
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.
