Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221652084

WALMART INC.

Event
Knife, Stabbed, Storage Rack, Workplace Violence
NAICS
452311
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347368508
Employer profile
WALMART INC.
Summary number
221652084
Report ID
0521400

Event description

Employee dies after being stabbed

Investigation abstract

At 6:06 p.m. on March 24, 2024, an employee was collecting merchandise from store shelves for an online order. The employee was stabbed in the lower back/abdomen by a 28-year-old male customer concealing a kitchen knife. The employee was taken to the hospital where, at around 7:48 p.m., he died during emergency surgery.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 18 M

    Event type
    14

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