Shooting by other person-intentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Kerry Ingredients, 8155 New Hampshire Avenue, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI 63123
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee and his coworker were sitting in the coworker's vehicle while on break in the front parking lot. At 3:40 AM a vehicle entered the property from the rear entrance, drove around and parked in the front parking lot. Five people wearing masks got out of the car and started attempting to open the doors of parked cars and were using a tool to break the side windows of some vehicles. One of the masked persons ran over to the passenger side of the vehicle the employees were in, realized there were people inside the vehicle, then ran toward the car they had arrived in. The injured employee then left the coworker's vehicle and one of the masked persons shot the employee in the chest with a gun.
HospitalizedChest, except internal location of diseases or disordersRobber
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