Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Avis Budget Group, 7020 Cedar Springs Road, DALLAS, TEXAS 75235
on — Gunshot wounds , affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
An employee was parking cars and got into a verbal altercation with another employee. The other employee shot the injured employee and she suffered fractures to the jaw and clavicle.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker unspecified
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