Shooting by other person-intentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Dollar Stores, Inc., 2809 Tobacco Rd, HEPHZIBAH, GEORGIA 30815
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
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Final narrative
An employee was ringing up customers when an unknown suspect approached her to rob the store, grabbed her by the neck, and shot her three times (one in the abdomen and two in the leg).
An employee and two customers were involved in a verbal altercation that escalated into a physical altercation. The employee was shot in the left thigh by the customer and required surgery.
An employee was involved in a dispute with a campground customer when the customer fired a shotgun. The employee's finger was partially amputated and his head was grazed by a bullet. The employee was also shot in the thigh.
A U.S. Park Police Officer sustained multiple gunshot wounds during an engagement with an armed assailant who was attempting to flee the scene of a crime. The officer was hospitalized and required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 452990)
An employee was on a step ladder in a store aisle, making room on shelving for merchandise. She fell from the step ladder to the floor, suffering two fractures in her left leg. She was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was on a 6-foot A-frame ladder, working to replace ceiling tiles. They fell to the ground and sustained fractures to their hip and femur. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery.
An employee was walking backward with a pallet jack loaded with cases of toys. When the employee went to stop the pallet jack, it rolled over his right foot. The employee was hospitalized with a fractured distal tibia and a torn tendon in his foot that required surgery.
An employee was operating a rolling container carrier (RTC) vehicle in pedestrian mode. When he operated the hand lever to turn it, the RTC pinned his left leg against the pick location. The employee suffered a laceration on his left knee and was hospitalized.
An employee was walking in a dispense area when she tripped over a pallet and fell to the ground, resulting in a broken left hip that required hospitalization and surgery.
An employee was helping to lift the grating from a floor draining system when the grating slipped and landed on his hand, resulting in the amputation of his right middle finger at the first joint.
During a workshop meeting in a hotel, an employee heard a drilling noise, so he walked outside to see what it was. An explosion occurred (possible gas line) and his face, ear, and hair were burned. He also fell and sustained a pelvic fracture.
An employee was using a tool to remove a rag from a roll on the tube mill. The roll pulled the tool and the employee's right hand into the roll, resulting in a partial amputation of the little finger and a fracture to the index finger.