Hitting, kicking, beating by other person n.e.c. · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at GoGo Bus Tours Inc., 262 Lewis Avenue, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK 11221
on — Fractures , affecting the Skull.
Final narrative
An employee was operating a paratransit bus when the car driving ahead of them suddenly stopped short, causing the employee to suddenly stop the bus. It is not known if the vehicles contacted each other. Two people got out of the car and began to argue with the employee, then went back to their car and got a metal pipe. The employee exited the bus to inspect it for damage. The two people then assaulted the employee with the metal pipe. The employee was hospitalized with a skull fracture.
Hospitalized Skull Person, other than injured or ill worker unspecified
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