HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT—
Taco Bell
Shooting by other person-intentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Taco Bell, 485 Flat Bush Avenue, HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT 06106 on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
In the course of an altercation, one employee shot another.
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