Bay Ridge Ave Rite Aid slapped with safety violations
A local drugstore has been slapped with more than $100,000 infines by the federal government for allegedly compromising thesafety of its workers.
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) hascited the Rite Aid located at 6900 Fourth Avenue for numerous andrepeated violations of safety standards, including an emergencyexit blocked by garbage and debris, unsafely stacked merchandise,electrical panels blocked by cardboard and totes containingmerchandise, an ungrounded electric power strip and employeesexposed to an electrical hazard while stacking stock.
For these violations, OSHA fined the drugstore $93,500 as arepeat offender. According to OSHA, a repeat offender is someonewho has failed to meet these requirements more than once in thepast five years.