Shooting by other person-unintentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Edgewood Management Corporation, 2704 Wade Rd., SE, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20019
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the multiple body parts, n.e.c..
Final narrative
While driving to her work site in an apartment complex, an employee was caught in a crossfire of gunshots being fired between unknown third parties in the parking lot. The employee sustained gunshot wounds to the chin, forearm and buttocks.
HospitalizedMultiple body parts, n.e.c.Person, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
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