It’s been four years since a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by a Black Friday crowd in Valley Stream, NY. OSHA fined the mega-store $7,000. Wal-Mart has now spent millions fighting the fine.

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Tags: Black Friday, General Duty Clause, trampling death, Wal-Mart

The title of the press release says, “OSHA encourages major retailers to provide crowd management measures.” A better word instead of “encourages” would have been “warns.” 

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Tags: Black Friday, crowd control, OSHA warning, retailers, Wal-Mart trampling death