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 The Martin-Brower Company, LLC, Trailer Yard, ALBANY, GEORGIA 31701
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck.
Final narrative
Employees were ending their shift and dropping off trucks. Two employees returned to the yard and had an altercation. One employee used a knife to stab the other employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized.
Hospitalized Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker unspecified
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