Hitting, kicking, beating by other person while providing protective services · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at COSENTINO GROUP, INC., 10 East 13th Street, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 64106
on — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Head and extremities.
Final narrative
A person who had been banned from entering the store was observed in the store. An employee (an off-duty police officer who works at the store) went to escort this person from the building. The person picked up a chair and struck the employee's head, then chased him while continually hitting him. The employee went to the ground and the person hit the employee's head with his fists. The employee was hospitalized with scalp lacerations requiring over 200 sutures and surgery. They also sustained two nondisplaced fractures to the right arm.
Hospitalized Head and extremities Suspect under pursuit or investigation
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