Customers shop at a Dollar Tree store in the Austin neighborhood on August 02, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois.
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  • Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores must fix certain safety problems in 2 days or be fined by OSHA.
  • These include locked and blocked exits, obstructed fire extinguishers, and unsafe stacks of boxes.
  • The discount retailers have also opened a 24-hour hotline for staff to report safety complaints.

Dollar Tree and Family Dollar stores will be given 48 hours to fix issues like blocked fire exits and stacked-up boxes — or they'll be fined $100,000 a day by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.