Walmart Store #03280

Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — ROCHESTER, NEW YORK

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Walmart Store #03280 in ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
Employer Walmart Store #03280 Report ID 2018099284
Address 1490 Hudson Avenue City, State ZIP ROCHESTER, NEW YORK 14621
Event Date September 8, 2018 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Nonclassifiable
Event Type Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing Source of Injury Former work associate
Secondary Source Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 452112 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 43.19000, -77.59000

Incident Narrative

The injured employee intervened in an argument between a coworker and a former employee. The former employee stabbed the injured employee three times with a knife.

Incident Summary

On September 8, 2018, a worker at Walmart Store #03280 in ROCHESTER, NEW YORK suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the nonclassifiable. The incident was classified as stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing, with former work associate identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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