Shooting by other person-intentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Rent-A-Center East, Inc., 420 North 9th Street, READING, PENNSYLVANIA 19601
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
On March 3, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., an employee was completing a merchandise delivery when a male on a bicycle rode up to the delivery box truck and fired 8 rounds at the truck, three of which pierced the employee in the arm and pelvic area. He was hospitalized.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Assailant, suspect, unspecified
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