Massachusetts Petco Store Cited By OSHA For Vermin Hazards

A Petco Animal Supplies Stores Inc. location in North Andover, Mass., has been issued $129,473 in proposed penalties and citations alleging two repeat and two serious violations, the Labor Department said Friday.

The DOL alleged the store didn’t have a sufficient vermin control program and routinely exposed employees to live and dead rodents as well as their droppings and urine, an Occupational Health and Safety Administration inspection found.

OSHA inspectors also allegedly found unlabeled containers of cleaning chemicals and a lack of adequate facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and skin for employees working with corrosive ...