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OSHA Injury Report: Town of South Kingstown

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Town of South Kingstown in 180 High Street, Wakefield, RI 02879 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was police Officer in personnel offices, government.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Town of South Kingstown
Parent company
Town of South Kingstown
Street
180 High Street
City
Wakefield
State
RI
ZIP
02879
On-site location
public safety complex

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

responded to call of attempt to cash fraudulent check

What happened

Suspect was attempting to cash a fraudulent check. Upon contact with Officer [REDACTED] he initially complied but then attempted to flee the scene on foot. Officer gave chase and caught the suspect at which time they both fell the the ground injuring officers knee.

Injury or illness

sprain of left knee

Object or substance involved

ground

Summary line

Suspect fled on foot and Officer gave chase Officer had to take suspect to ground injured his left knee

Employee and industry

Job description
Police Officer
SOC code
33-3051 — Police and Sheriff’s Patrol Officers
NAICS code
921190 — Personnel offices, government
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
293
Total hours worked
524500
EIN
56000519
Establishment ID
286268
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:05:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
29FEB24:17:25:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.