OSHA has inspected Walgreens 11 times in Texas since 1973.
The latest one began on Feb 17, 2023 after a complaint, in Houston.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $19,378 and now stand at $14,128, 27% lower after settlements or reviews.
the General Duty Clause comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under Section 5(a)(1).
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for retail employers since 2015 is $1,750, and Walgreens averages $4,226 (2 cited inspections).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Walgreens also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Watch this company14021 Stuebner Airline Road, Houston, TX 77069 · Pharmacies and Drug Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.141(c)(1)(i) · Sanitation |
Other-than-serious | $1,253 | $1,253 | May 25, 2023 | Final |
710 Ovilla Rd., Waxahachie, TX 75167 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
20226 Stone Oak Pkwy, San Antonio, TX 78258 · Pharmacies and Drug Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause |
Serious | $6,000 | $3,600 | Mar 16, 2016 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.176(b) · Material storage and aisles |
Other-than-serious | $6,000 | $3,600 | Mar 16, 2016 | Final |
1805 Greens Rd, Houston, TX 77032 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
710 Ovilla Road, Waxahachie, TX 75167 · Pharmacies and Drug Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
710 Ovilla Road, Waxahachie, TX 75167 · General Warehousing and Storage · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Apr 10, 2006 (fatal): Employee is killed by falling material-handling device
On April 10, 2006, Employee #1 and a some coworkers were performing maintenance on crane #7, a load handling device. It is part of an automatic retrieval and st orage system in a warehouse with aisles that are about 500 to 600 feet long and 100 feet high. This unit had gone out of service and into "catch" mode. Employee #1 and his coworker put the unit into the "soft catch" mode and took the chain guard off. The bolts were broken, so one of the coworkers went to get new bolts. Employee #1 told another coworker to jump the chain, because it was out of line . The chain started spinning, and the load handling device came down, striking E mployee #1. He was killed.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause |
Serious | $5,000 | $5,000 | Sep 28, 2006 | Closed |
7151 Grapevine Hwy, North Richland Hills, TX 76180 · Pharmacies and Drug Stores · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.26(c)(2)(vii) · Portable metal ladders |
Serious | $1,125 | $675 | Oct 7, 2003 | Closed |
3300 Center St., Deer Park, TX 77536 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Aldine Westfield At Woodriver, Houston, TX 77093 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
301 West Fairmont, Laporte, TX 77571 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
2946 South Shepherd, Houston, TX 77006 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2022, the Waxahachie site logged 44 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 905 workers: 5.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 1,022 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2045-00010W Waxahachie · 2022 | 905 | 44 | 33 | 5.8 | 2.6 |
| 2045-00041W Houston · 2022 | 181 | 6 | 2 | 3.6 | 2.6 |
| Walgreens Waxahachie Distribution Center Waxahachie · 2018 | 681 | 20 | 16 | 3.0 | 2.6 |
| Walgreens Houston Regional Full Case Center Houston · 2018 | 135 | 7 | 6 | 4.8 | 2.6 |
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 18, 2023, Houston: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was cutting a gift card with scissors and sustained a partial amputation of their left thumb.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.141(c)(1)(i)
(c) Toilet facilities—(1) General. (i) Except as otherwise indicated in this paragraph (c)(1)(i), toilet facilities, in toilet rooms separate for each sex, shall be provided in all places of employment in accordance with table J-1 of this section. The number of facilities to be provided for each sex shall be based on the number of employees of that sex for whom the facilities are furnished. Where toilet rooms will be occupied by no more than one person at a time, can be locked from the inside, and contain at least one water closet, separate toilet rooms for each sex need not be provided. Where such single-occupancy rooms have more than one toilet facility, only one such facility in each toilet room shall be counted for the purpose of table J-1.
29 CFR 1910.176(b)
(b) Secure storage. Storage of material shall not create a hazard. Bags, containers, bundles, etc., stored in tiers shall be stacked, blocked, interlocked and limited in height so that they are stable and secure against sliding or collapse.
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1)
Each employer shall furnish to each of his employees employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to his employees.
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.