Shooting by other person-intentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Universal Security Services, 4555 S. Western Blvd., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60609
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the head, unspecified.
Final narrative
On March 25, 2021, a security officer was working at the return desk and went outside the return doors to investigate a commotion. A customer shot the security officer in the head with a gun. The security officer was hospitalized with a head injury.
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