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 Autozone, 536 Broadway, NEWBURGH, NEW YORK 12550
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Abdomen unspecified.
Final narrative
An employee was engaged in a disagreement with a customer when they stabbed the employee in the abdomen with a knife.
Hospitalized Abdomen unspecified Client or customer
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