Dollar General Corp. which is headquartered in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, has been fined by federal safety officials because of workplace safety and health hazards at it store located in Sherman, Texas.

OSHA cited the company for one serious, two repeat, and two willful violations on December 31, 2015.

The two willful violations were for failing to keep exit routes clear and obstructed, and for failure to keep the area around the electrical panel clear.

The store also received two repeat violations for failure to keep store aisles clear, and for making sure that the portable fire extinguishers were mounted and accessible.

The serious violation stemmed from failing to clearly mark an exit route.

According to Josh Bernstein, OSHA’s acting area director in Fort Worth, Texas, Dollar General stores nationwide have been cited for exposing workers to hazards posed by overstocking issues, they have made repeated promises to fix these issues and have not done so.

Dollar General has 15 days to comply with the requests or to appeal the violations. Proposed fines totaled nearly $163K.  Dollar General employs about 90K workers in 11,500 stores in 40 different states.  OSHA has given Dollar General 240 safety violations since 2006.

Source: OSHA