Industry Summary
The Video Tape and Disc Rental industry has really been reeling, experiencing a massive employment decline of -13.05% in just the 12 months. The most recent numbers from 2015 show that employment was right at 14,042 working at 2,405 different establishments throughout the United States, which is 2,108 less than the year prior. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (-100% more) the average for the Consumer Goods Rental Industry.
On Monday, August 24th 2009 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Jamestown, ND which had occured previously at Blockbuster Video. A employee working as a employee was killed on the job when the worker was struck by vehicle while sitting in front of store
Accident Date2009-08-22
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeOn August 22, 2009, a worker was sitting on a folding chair in front of Blockbus ter Video watching a table of videos during a sidewalk sale. The sidewalk was ap proximately 8-ft-wide from the parking lot to the front of the store. A customer drove his car into a parking spot directly in front of the store. The driver di d not stop and crushed the worker into the store front, pushing the wall into th e store approximately 2 ft. The worker sitting on her chair died at the scene fr om her injuries.