Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Universal, 705 Ruskin Drive, FOREST PARK, GEORGIA 30297
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
While walking a site, a security officer was stabbed with a knife. The officer was hospitalized.
An employee was operating a golf cart. The cart struck a piece of metal while turning a corner resulting in a severe laceration to the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.
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.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 561612)
The injured employee was helping to detain an inmate. A security guard slammed the inmate on top of the injured employee. The employee sustained a back/neck injury.
An employee was removing a rope barrier to let a vehicle into an area. She fell to the ground, resulting in a fractured left hip. She was hospitalized.
An employee was providing security for a stadium event. The employee was attacked and struck in the head with a hammer, suffering a head injury. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was walking out of the guard shack to get numbers from trailers when they slipped/tripped and fell off a curb to the pavement below. The employee was hospitalized with a hip injury.
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.