Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 162545.015 - Employee is killed when shot by recently hired coworker

Accident Summary Nr: 162545.015 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/08/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1717280.015	12/14/2023		326299	Holz Rubber Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 2:00 p.m. on December 8, 2023, a coworker working as a machine operator for a is a rubber manufacturer had left work after his shift had finished. The company has multiple buildings adjacent to each other which are accessed from the sidewalk on a single public street. The coworker had worked for the company for one month. He returned shortly after leaving with a gun and entered building 9 where he shot an employee. The coworker fled and was later apprehended by police. The employee died after being shot multiple times.

Keywords: Assault, Bullet, Firearm, Flying Object, Gun, Gunfire, Gunshot, Machine operator, Projectile, Shooting, Shot, Workplace Violence

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1717280.015	33	M	Fatality		Pressing machine operators

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