Dollar Tree Reaches Wide-Ranging Safety Settlement With OSHA

One of the nation’s largest retailers, Dollar Tree Inc., has reached an agreement with the federal government to improve working and safety conditions at thousands of US stores.

As part of the settlement, Dollar Tree, which also operates Family Dollar stores, agreed to pay $1.35 million to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and make numerous business practice changes requested by the agency.

The company’s violations include blocked aisles, hazardous work areas, unsafe stacking of boxes, blocked electrical panels, and blocked fire extinguishers, agency officials said in a press briefing held in advance of Wednesday’s settlement announcement.

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