Federal panel upholds $10K US Department of Labor citation litigated by Walmart for years over hazardous shelving
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on February 24, 2023
WASHINGTON – A federal panel has affirmed that Walmart Inc. violated federal workplace safety standards at its warehouse in Johnstown, New York, when it failed to prevent stored merchandise from falling onto – and seriously injuring – an employee in 2017.
The Feb. 9, 2023, decision by the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission found the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the global discount retailer correctly for failing to meet the agency’s safety standard for storage of material that requires that items stored in tiers must be stable and secure . . .
