VALUE CITY DEPARTMENT STORES, INC.
3681 WESTERVILLE ROAD, COLUMBUS, OH 43229
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Inspection records
Aug 6, 1998#122048069Aug 6, 1998Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#122048069$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #122048069
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 6, 1998
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 6, 1998
- Closed
- Aug 6, 1998
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 800
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2565 Westerville Road, Columbus, OH 43224
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Mar 17, 1997#122045297Mar 17, 1997Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#122045297$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #122045297
Dates
- Opened
- Mar 17, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Mar 17, 1997
- Closed
- Mar 17, 1997
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 600
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2560 Value Way, Columbus, OH 43229
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Oct 24, 1996#121914303Oct 24, 1996Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#121914303$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #121914303
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 24, 1996
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 24, 1996
- Closed
- Oct 24, 1996
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 500
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 2560 Value Way, Columbus, OH 43229
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Oct 5, 1994#18174698Oct 5, 1994Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Health#18174698$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18174698
Dates
- Opened
- Oct 5, 1994
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 5, 1994
- Closed
- Oct 5, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 15
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3681 Westerville Road, Columbus, OH 43081
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Jun 17, 1992#18013664Jun 17, 1992Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#18013664$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18013664
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 17, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 23, 1992
- Closed
- Apr 28, 1994
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 560
- Related Activity
- 1 referral
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3241 Westerville Road, Columbus, OH 43224
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.
Feb 25, 1992#18177444Feb 25, 1992Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#18177444$03 viol.3 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18177444
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 25, 1992
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 25, 1992
- Closed
- Apr 20, 1992
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 625
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 3
- Violation Types
- 3 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 3241 Westerville Road, Columbus, OH 43224
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Violations
Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02001 | 1903.2 Posting of Notices; Availability of the Act, Regulations and Applicable Standards OSHA citation code: 19030002 A01 | Other | 1 | 48 | $0 | $0 | Mar 25, 1992 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1910.110 Storage and Handling of Liquefied Petroleum Gases OSHA citation code: 19100110 F02 I | Other | 1 | 41 | $0 | $0 | Mar 25, 1992 | - | - |
| 02003 | 1910.157 Portable Fire Extinguishers OSHA citation code: 19100157 G02 | Other | 1 | 17 | $0 | $0 | Apr 20, 1992 | - | - |
Dec 28, 1989#18013136Dec 28, 1989Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#18013136$00 viol.0 violations$0 in penalties
Inspection #18013136
Dates
- Opened
- Dec 28, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Dec 28, 1989
- Closed
- Dec 29, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 110
- Related Activity
- 1 complaint
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 0
- Initial Penalties
- $0
- Penalties on Record
- $0
- Site Address
- 1655 Watkins Road, Columbus, OH 43207
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.
Jul 18, 1989#103535308Jul 18, 1989Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#103535308$1,76013 viol.13 violations$1,760 in penalties
Inspection #103535308
Dates
- Opened
- Jul 18, 1989
- Closing Conference Date
- Jul 18, 1989
- Closed
- Oct 20, 1989
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 5
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 13
- Violation Types
- 6 serious, 7 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $1,760
- Penalties on Record
- $1,760
- Site Address
- 3241 Westerville Road, Columbus, OH 43224
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (6 of 13 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.100 Head protection OSHA citation code: 19260100 A | Serious | 1 | 5 | $320 | $320 | Aug 8, 1989 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.450 Scaffolding - Scope, Application, and Definitions OSHA citation code: 19260450 A09 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $320 | $320 | Aug 8, 1989 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1926.450 Scaffolding - Scope, Application, and Definitions OSHA citation code: 19260450 A10 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $320 | $320 | Aug 8, 1989 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1926.500 Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart OSHA citation code: 19260500 B01 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $240 | $240 | Aug 8, 1989 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1926.500 Scope, application, and definitions applicable to this subpart OSHA citation code: 19260500 D01 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $320 | $320 | Aug 8, 1989 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1926.550 OSHA citation code: 19260550 A06 | Serious | 1 | 5 | $240 | $240 | Aug 28, 1989 | - | - |
Showing the 6 violations listed first by citation identifier. This inspection has 13 total violations documented in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement database. The complete violation list is available at enforcedata.dol.gov.
Penalty amounts may differ from final amounts after settlement or judicial review. How to read these records
About these records
A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).
This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.
OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.
OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.
Understanding These Penalties
The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.
8 inspections, 1989 to 1998. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.
Short cases: When a case closed soon after it opened, the closed marker is drawn slightly to the right so both markers stay visible. Each row's card shows the exact dates.