Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Range Generation Next, Perimeter Road Dopler Radar Site, TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA 32781
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was at the airport resetting a modem for the Doppler radars when he was assaulted and stabbed by a robber. He was hospitalized with severe injuries.
Two employees were involved in an altercation in a parking lot. One of them was stabbed with a knife on the right side of his abdomen. He was hospitalized.
A security guard was working in a parking garage when an unauthorized person entered the garage. The security guard requested that the individual leave and they were stabbed with a knife. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee stabbed the injured employee with a knife in the breakroom during an altercation. The injured employee sustained stab wounds to their chest and abdomen.
An employee was walking from the receiving area to the grocery section. A customer was waiting for the employee around a corner and stabbed the employee multiple times with a sharp object. The employee was stabbed in the back, abdomen, and left side.
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