NY Walmart Found In Violation Of 24 Workplace Safety Standards

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- The U.S. Labor Department has recommended fining Wal-Mart Stores Inc. $365,500 after inspectors say they found 24 workplace safety violations at an upstate New York store.

The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration says it received a complaint about a Rochester store and that inspections revealed fall hazards, obstructed exit routes, an unguarded grinder and other alleged problems.

Wal-Mart has 15 business days to contest the findings.

Wal-Mart spokesman Greg Rossiter said Tuesday that the retailer is taking the claims seriously. He says the company is looking into the OSHA findings before deciding whether to contest them and that customer and employee safety is a top priority.

Comments

[Stephen Koehler]

02:05 AM on 02/09/2012

Wal-Mart only cares about making money, not the safety of its employees or shoppers. Else why would they not have healthcare benefits for most of their employees and buy the cheap crap they do from China filled with lead paint and all.

[CJ40inWI]

01:34 AM on 02/09/2012

Does this surprise anyone?

[deeniat]

01:06 AM on 02/09/2012

Walmart is doing exactly what General Electric (GE) did to its employees.

[deeniat]

01:06 AM on 02/09/2012

Terrible

[tacevad]

09:10 PM on 02/08/2012

after taking several OSHA courses I reported back to the owner of the company I worked for that we were doing very good at compliance but that if OSHA wanted to fine someone they can always find reason.

[sking007]

07:18 PM on 02/08/2012

I'm no fan of Walmart but, this fine is unusually high. $365K would only make sense if they were repeat offenders or ignored OSHA requests.

[Caribbean Chic]

05:23 AM on 02/09/2012

Walmart is notoriously a repeat offenders....