OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221625452
HOLZ RUBBER CO., INC.
LODI, CA·
Event description
Employee is killed when shot by recently hired coworker
Investigation 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.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 747
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