OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221594930

NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT BATTALION 49

ASTORIA, NY— 2022-09-29T00:00:00

Event: Assault, Fire Brigade/Department, Knife, Lack of Work Procedures, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Stabbed, Struck By, Walking Surface, Workplace Violence
NAICS: 621910
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346269772
Employer profile: NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT BATTALION 49
Summary number: 221594930
Report ID: 0253650

Event description

Employee dies from chest wound after being stabbed by person

Investigation abstract

At 2:15 p.m. on September 29, 2022, an employee working for a fire department ambulance service was walking down the street. The employee was stabbed by an unidentified person wielding a knife. The employee died from a puncture wound to the chest.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 F

Event type
14

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