Dillons Food Store

Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds — TOPEKA, KANSAS

HOSPITALIZED — Worker hospitalized after incident at Dillons Food Store in TOPEKA, KANSAS
Employer Dillons Food Store Report ID 2022064707
Address 2010 Southeast 29th Street City, State ZIP TOPEKA, KANSAS 66605
Event Date June 1, 2022 Outcome Hospitalized
Nature of Injury Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds Body Part Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
Event Type Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing Source of Injury Assailant, suspect, n.e.c.
Industry (NAICS) 445110 Inspection #
GPS Coordinates 39.01000, -95.65000

Incident Narrative

A security/surveillance/greeter employee was trying to recover a shopping cart taken by an alleged shoplifter. The person attacked the employee, punching him, and there was an altercation. The employee was stabbed in the abdomen, suffering liver damage, and was hospitalized.

Incident Summary

On June 1, 2022, a worker at Dillons Food Store in TOPEKA, KANSAS suffered puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds to the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders. The incident was classified as stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing, with assailant, suspect, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was hospitalized.

Context

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