Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Red Coats Inc, 616 H Street, NW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 20001
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the nonclassifiable.
Final narrative
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 was walking on a paved floor in an underground garage when she lost her balance and fell to the ground. The employee sustained a fractured right leg and kneecap, as well as scrapes to her right knee and elbow.
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.
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.
An emergency medical technician (EMT) was transporting a patient in the back of an ambulance when the patient stabbed the EMT. The employee sustained multiple stab wounds, resulting in hospitalization.
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