Dollar Tree Fined $100,000 for Stockroom Hazards in Florida

Discount retailer Dollar Tree Stores Inc. faces more than $100,000 in fines for allegedly allowing tall, unstable piles of merchandise to block an emergency exit in one of its Florida stores.

Boxes of merchandise were stacked more than 7 feet high in the stockroom of a Dollar Tree store in West Palm Beach, Fla., according to a citation released June 19 by the Occupational Health and Safety Administration.

The boxes could have fallen on employees or tripped them if they needed to use the stockroom’s emergency exit, the citation said. The path to reach the emergency exit also was too ...