Inspection Detail

Inspection: 106495914 - Sears, Roebuck And Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Tampa Area Office

Investigation Summary

Employee #1 was employed as a loss prevention associate. One of his duties was to maintain legal and orderly parking conditions at the outside package pick-up area. A customer was parked in a fire lane and Employee #1 informed her that she would have to move her car. At the same time, a parking space became available and Employee #1 told the customer that she could park there. As Employee #1, who was not directing traffic, began to walk across the parking lot, the customer's car abruptly accelerated in reverse and struck Employee #1. The car continued to move in the reverse and pinned Employee #1 against another vehicle. Employee #1 was transported to a local medical center, where he was pronounced dead approximately 20 minutes later. The cause of death was blunt trauma to the abdomen.

Keywords: ABDOMEN, PINNED, AUTOMOBILE, STRUCK BY, BACKING UP