Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 83574.015 - Employee is killed when shot by gun

Accident Summary Nr: 83574.015 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 03/09/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1131432.015	03/09/2016		561730	B & L Landscape Company, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on March 9, 2016, Employee #1 was preparing his assigned company truck located at the employer site to take his crew out to do irrigation work. Employee #1 grabbed some trash from the truck and went to the garbage cans. A disgruntled coworker shot Employee #1 in his lower back with a hand gun. The coworker then started hitting Employee #1 with the gun and followed him towards the tool shed where Employee #1 collapsed face down. The coworker fired a second shot towards Employee #1 but missed. Employee #1 was killed by the gun shot wound.

Keywords: Gunshot, Struck By, Workplace Violence

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1131432.015	55	M	Fatality		Supervisors, forestry and logging workers

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