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'''''K-lumbo''''', possibly titled '''''K-lumbo: Safety is No Accident''''', was a Kmart safety video and ''Columbo'' parody created ''circa'' the early 1990s.
'''''K-lumbo''''', possibly titled '''''K-lumbo: Safety is No Accident''''', was a Kmart safety video and ''Columbo'' parody created ''circa'' the early 1990s.


According to former Kmart employees, the safety video starred a Peter Falk-type actor as a detective named "K-lumbo" who investigates the safety protocols of K-Mart employees.<ref>[https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/289745566831882241 Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) "Training at K-Mart in '91 I saw a video in which Peter Falk-like detective K-lumbo investigated why K-Mart employees are so safety conscious"] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) "In 1991, on my first day working at K-Mart, we watched a training video in which the detective K-lumbo cracked the case of employee safety/"] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref><ref name="quinton">[https://twitter.com/Q_Review/status/1411025377418485761 Quinton Reviews (@Q_Review) "Personal lost media: My Dad worked at Kmart a few times in the '90s, and he INSISTS that one time they showed him an instructional video starring an investigator named "K-Lumbo" we must find and preserve 'K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident'."] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref> In 2006, a former employee remembered the video covering shrinkage prevention.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1105755 You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref>
According to former Kmart employees, the safety video starred a Peter Falk-type actor as a detective named "K-lumbo" who investigates the safety protocols of K-Mart employees.<ref>[https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/289745566831882241 Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) "Training at K-Mart in '91 I saw a video in which Peter Falk-like detective K-lumbo investigated why K-Mart employees are so safety conscious"] Retrieved 16 Apr '22</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/studiesincrap/status/849060568774397953 Alan Scherstuhl (@studiesincrap) "In 1991, on my first day working at K-Mart, we watched a training video in which the detective K-lumbo cracked the case of employee safety/"] Retrieved 16 Apr '22</ref><ref name="quinton">[https://twitter.com/Q_Review/status/1411025377418485761 Quinton Reviews (@Q_Review) "Personal lost media: My Dad worked at Kmart a few times in the '90s, and he INSISTS that one time they showed him an instructional video starring an investigator named "K-Lumbo" we must find and preserve 'K-Lumbo: Safety is No Accident'."] Retrieved 16 Apr '22</ref> In 2006, a former employee remembered the video covering shrinkage prevention.<ref>[https://arstechnica.com/civis/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=1105755 You want to work at Game Crazy? GAME ON! Terrible video inside] Retrieved 16 Apr '22</ref>


Confirmation that this safety video existed comes from the 2001 court case ''Torres v. K-Mart Corp.'':
Confirmation that this safety video existed comes from the 2001 court case ''Torres v. K-Mart Corp.'':
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7. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "K-lumbo."
7. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "K-lumbo."
   
   
8. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "Safety Is No Accident."<ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/145/161/2421409/ Torres v. K-Mart Corp., 145 F. Supp. 2d 161 (D.P.R. 2001)] Retrieved 16 April '22</ref>
8. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "Safety Is No Accident."<ref>[https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp2/145/161/2421409/ Torres v. K-Mart Corp., 145 F. Supp. 2d 161 (D.P.R. 2001)] Retrieved 16 Apr '22</ref>
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Revision as of 02:44, 18 April 2022

Kmart 1990s logo.png

Kmart logo used in the 1990s.

Status: Lost

K-lumbo, possibly titled K-lumbo: Safety is No Accident, was a Kmart safety video and Columbo parody created circa the early 1990s.

According to former Kmart employees, the safety video starred a Peter Falk-type actor as a detective named "K-lumbo" who investigates the safety protocols of K-Mart employees.[1][2][3] In 2006, a former employee remembered the video covering shrinkage prevention.[4]

Confirmation that this safety video existed comes from the 2001 court case Torres v. K-Mart Corp.:

7. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "K-lumbo."

8. Kmart did not act in accordance with the safety requirements set forth by Kmart Corporation for wet floors in safety video known as "Safety Is No Accident."[5]

There is minor contention over if 'K-lumbo' and 'Safety is No Accident' are one film or two. The court document references the titles interchangeably. However, both titles are described as having identical purposes and content.

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