Shooting by other person-unintentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at North Star Properties, 1818 E. 71st Street, TULSA, OKLAHOMA 74136
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
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Final narrative
A maintenance employee was shot in the abdomen while trying to break up an argument between a tenant and the apartment manager. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersPerson, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
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