Smyrna, Delaware · General Merchandise Stores · NAICS 452111
2inspections
4citation items
$27,884current penalties
May 28, 2024last inspection
Walmart, Inc. has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Delaware, the first in 2019.
OSHA's last visit started on May 28, 2024 on a referral, in New Castle, and the case has not closed yet.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.
OSHA proposed $27,884 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.305, electrical wiring methods (2 items).
For context, across all retail employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $2,130. Walmart, Inc. averages $27,884 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
Walmart, Inc. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Jun 7, 2019: Employee fractures leg when struck by falling products on p
At approximately 7:00 p.m. on June 7, 2019, an employee was operating a powered industrial truck. The employee sustained a broken leg after the pallets with products fell onto the employee. The employee is hospitalized for these injuries.
No citations from this inspection.
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 Smyrna site logged 37 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 829 workers: 5.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.6 for its industry. Those cases cost 355 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
WM 7034
Smyrna · 2025
829
37
7
5.1
2.6
WM 7834
Smyrna · 2025
298
4
3
1.2
3.6
WM 7734
Smyrna · 2025
34
0
0
0.0
3.1
7034
Smyrna · 2022
1,219
56
18
6.2
2.6
7834
Smyrna · 2022
217
2
2
0.8
3.6
7734
Smyrna · 2022
20
1
0
5.7
3.1
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.
May 27, 2024, New Castle: Amputation · amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified · finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s)
An employee was making a bale of cardboard and sustained a fingertip amputation on the left hand when the finger got caught in the door of the cardboard baler equipment.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(1) All places of employment, passageways, storerooms, service rooms, and walking-working surfaces are kept in a clean, orderly, and sanitary condition.
(4) Faceplates for flush-mounted snap switches. Snap switches mounted in boxes shall have faceplates installed so as to completely cover the opening and seat against the finished surface.
29 CFR 1910.305(g)(1)(iv)(a)
(A) As a substitute for the fixed wiring of a structure;
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.
