NATIONAL – According to Newsday (7/8, Chang) reports, “A crowd management expert testified Thursday that the Valley Stream Walmart lacked adequate crowd control and safety measures in the 2008 Black Friday trampling death of a temporary worker.” Wal-Mart “is fighting a $7,000 fine from the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) after the death…
NATIONAL – On the front page of its Business Day section, the New York Times (7/7, B1, Greenhouse) reports, “Wal-Mart Stores has spent a year and more than a million dollars in legal fees battling a $7,000 fine that federal safety officials assessed after shoppers trampled a Wal-Mart employee to death at a store on…
SUN CITY – The new golf cart crossing to Wal-Mart has opened. The crossing allows residents driving golf carts to cross U.S. Highway 301 to shop at the Super Wal-Mart in Wimauma. The speed limit on 301 has been lowered to 45 in the area of the new crossing. The crossing is equipped with lights…
TAMPA – In the neighborhood of Sun City Center, the golf cart is king. Every day hundreds of residents use golf carts on the streets in this south Hillsborough County community. Hillsborough County commissioners are considering building a cart path across a field from East Del Webb Boulevard to a signalized crossing at U.S. 301…
NATIONWIDE – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of Bentonville, Arkansas, just recalled about 1.5 million Durabrand DVD Players, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) just announced.The DVD players can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. To date, Wal-Mart has received 12 reports of DVD players overheating, five of which have resulted in fires…
LEE COUNTY – Last month a two vehicle accident in the Wal-Mart parking lot left one person with life threatening injuries. According to the witness, a man ran a stop sign striking another car with four local high school students. After the impact he lost control of his vehicle going through a ditch and then…
According to the Associated Press, “The death of a temporary employee who was crushed in a stampede of post-Thanksgiving shoppers at a Wal-Mart store could have been prevented, federal officials said Tuesday as they proposed fining the world’s largest retailer $7,000 – as much money as it makes in about 18 seconds.” The agency cited…
According to a recent story aired on National Public Radio (NPR), Wal-Mart recently agreed to pay nearly $2 million and improve safety at its 92 New York stores as part of a deal with prosecutors that avoid criminal charges in the trampling death of a temporary worker. The agreement included no admission of guilt by…