Cal/ OSHA finds Safeway exposed workers to hazardous conditions at its largest warehouse in Tracy
Zusammenfassung
Date Reported: 7 Jan 2025
Standort: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Unternehmen
Albertsons - Parent Company , Safeway USA (part of Albertsons) - EmployerBetroffen
Total individuals affected: 1700
Arbeiter: ( Number unknown - Location unknown , Versand & Bearbeitung: Allgemein , Gender not reported , Unknown migration status )Themen
Occupational Health & Safety , Personal Health , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Reasonable Working Hours & Leisure Time , Excessive production targets , Verletzungen , Krankheit , Heat exposure , InformationszugangAntwort
Response sought: Nein
Ergriffene Maßnahmen: Safeway was cited USD182,000 in proposed penalties for 27 violations, including 8 that were "serious in nature".
Art der Quelle: News outlet
The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has cited Safeway $182,000 in proposed penalties for significant safety violations that put approximately 1,700 workers at risk of serious injuries at the company’s warehouse in Tracy, their largest facility in the nation.
Cal/OSHA issued citations for 27 violations, including 8 that were serious in nature, after completing a comprehensive inspection at Safeway’s Northern California Tracy Distribution Center.
What Cal/OSHA Chief Debra Lee said: “It is critical that employers recognize the physical demands and potential dangers faced by warehouse workers and take measures to protect their safety. Our inspection revealed that Safeway’s demanding warehouse quotas put its workers at risk of serious injury.”
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