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Trader Joe's: OSHA inspections and violations

Portland, Maine · Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · NAICS 445110

1inspections
7citation items
$23,920current penalties
Mar 13, 2020last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Trader Joe's in Maine one time.

It opened on Mar 13, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Portland.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 5 serious, 1 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $47,840; today they stand at $23,920, 50% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.1200 (hazard communication), 3 times.

Among retail employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,750 penalty. Trader Joe's averages $23,920 across 1 cited inspection.

Trader Joe's also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Trader Joe's: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344696646 OPENED MAR 13, 2020Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 165 employees at the site · Closed Jan 19, 2024

87 Marginal Way, Portland, ME 04101 · Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.37(a)(3) · Exit routes
Serious$4,178$2,089May 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.157(c)(1) · Portable fire extinguishers
Serious$0$0May 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(1) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
Serious$8,193$4,096May 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Serious$6,554$3,277May 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Serious$0$0May 29, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Repeat$28,915$14,458May 29, 2020Final
Citation 3, item 1
29 CFR 1910.151(c) · First aid and eyewash
Other-than-serious$0$0May 29, 2020Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Portland site logged 15 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 167 workers: 13.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 4.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 170 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Trader Joe's 0519 Portland
Portland · 2025
167 15313.04.0

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(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(g)(8)

(8) The employer shall maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and shall ensure that they are readily accessible during each work shift to employees when they are in their work area(s). (Electronic access and other alternatives to maintaining paper copies of the safety data sheets are permitted as long as no barriers to immediate employee access in each workplace are created by such options.)

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.151 · First aid and eyewash

29 CFR 1910.157 · Portable fire extinguishers

29 CFR 1910.37 · Exit routes

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