Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Gate Petroleum Company, 5480 Collins Rd., JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA 32244
on — Gunshot wounds , affecting the Arm(s) unspecified.
Final narrative
On May 9, 2024, at 2:57 a.m., an employee was shot in the right arm during an armed robbery at the store. The employee was hospitalized.
On November 25, 2022, a customer's vehicle was stolen in the parking lot. The driver of the stolen vehicle struck an employee with the vehicle, and she was hospitalized with broken ribs and a punctured lung.
The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.
An employee was working at the store when an irate customer from the drive thru came inside to yell and spit at the staff. When the customer went outside again, she pulled out a gun and shot an employee in the chest. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee walked into the back office and an altercation occurred with another employee. The injured employee was shot by a firearm, once in their side and twice in their arms. The employee's left leg was amputated below the knee and their left arm was fractured.
The injured employee had been working on the computer at the front desk in the showroom. An argument occurred with another employee and additional people got involved. Gunshots were fired. The employee was shot in the hip and was hospitalized.
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