Text For Citation: 02 Item/Group: 003 Hazard:

29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2): Listed or labeled equipment was not installed and used in accordance with any instructions included in the listing or labeling. The employer is failing to protect employees from electrical hazards. This was most recently documented at the Family Dollar store, located at 3552 Leavenworth Street, Omaha, Nebraska on December 18, 2018 and February 22, 2019. a) The employer has kitchen appliances, including a Procter-Silex coffee pot; small refrigerator; Hamilton Beach microwave; and Sanyo microwave plugged into portable power tap (power strip) that were "daisy chained". These appliances had an amperage load in excess of the relocatable power tap that the appliances were connected to. b) The employer has kitchen appliances, including Hamilton Beach microwave, Sanyo microwave, Bella Toaster Oven, Proctor-Silex coffee pot, and the Intertec Space Heater plugged into a relocatable power tap. These appliances had an amperage load in excess of the relocatable power tap that the appliances were connected to. Family Dollar was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1910.303(b)(2), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1062034, citation number 3, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 10/22/2015, with respect to a workplace located at Family Dollar Stores, Incorporated, dba Family Dollar Store - #6986, 501 West Main Street, Plymouth, PA 18651.