Stabbing, cutting, slashing by other person · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Family Dollar, 1360 N. Pulaski Rd., CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 60651
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Trunk unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was stabbed with a knife several times in the torso by a shoplifter. The employee was hospitalized.
An employee was attempting to stop two shoplifters when one of the shoplifters pushed her to the floor. The back of her head was injured after it struck the floor and the employee was hospitalized.
The injured employee was told to get the rotisseries and then a verbal argument with a co-worker occurred. The injured employee walked out to get her jacket, and as soon as she came back, the co-worker stabbed her neck and shoulder area with a knife. She sustained injury to her diaphragm that required surgery.
An employee came in early to use the air compressor to add air to one of his car's tires. While he was walking across the parking lot, the injured employee noticed a man sitting in the parking lot. The unidentified man rushed the injured employee and stabbed him three times in the back with a knife.
A bus agency manager was getting a passenger to leave a bus. As the passenger was walking to exit the bus, he stabbed the manager in the stomach with a knife.
The injured employee had been conducting food service activities. He was stabbed twice in the chest and three times in the back by another employee using a pocket knife. The employee was hospitalized.
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