November 17, 2011 by Fred Hosier
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
March 30, 2011 by Fred Hosier
A judge has ruled that Wal-Mart should pay a $7,000 fine in connection with the trampling death of one of its employees. But this case may not be over yet.
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Tags: crowd control, General Duty Clause, Wal-Mart trampling death
November 26, 2010 by Fred Hosier
In 2008, an employee was trampled to death while shoppers rushed through the doors of a Wal-Mart for Black Friday sales. OSHA wants to prevent a repeat of that fatality.
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Tags: crowd control, employee trampled, Wal-Mart
November 18, 2009 by Fred Hosier
Almost one year after a Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by “Black Friday” shoppers, OSHA has issued crowd control guidelines for retailers. And Wal-Mart contested the fine associated with the case.
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Tags: crowd control, trampling death, Wal-Mart
