Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 78019.015 - Employee shot and killed

Accident Summary Nr: 78019.015 -- Report ID: 0111500 -- Event Date: 03/26/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1051067.015	03/27/2015		237110	Burns Construction Company Inc.

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on March 26, 2016, an employee was in the excavation with the foreman. A person walked up to the worksite, inquiring whether the Company was hiring. The foreman said, yes they were and referred the person to the office located in Stratford to fill out an application. The person turned and walked around a truck that was parked next to the excavation, but then turned around to the excavation with a hand gun and shot the employee five times in the chest.

Keywords: Construction, Gunshot, Workplace Violence

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1051067.015	30	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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