Hitting, kicking, beating by other person n.e.c. · Fractures and surface, flesh wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Allied Universal Security Services, 1283 Columbia Dr., DECATUR, GEORGIA 30032
on — Fractures and surface, flesh wounds , affecting the Head and neck.
Final narrative
A security officer was speaking with a donor at the plasma center when another donor struck him over the head with an umbrella multiple times. The employee sustained neck fractures and lacerations to the back of his head and his left eye.
Hospitalized Head and neck Client or customer
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