OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221684376

76307 - CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON-PUBLIC WORKS

NORTH CHARLESTON, SC— 2024-07-18T00:00:00

Event: Bullet, Garbage Truck, Glass, Gun, Gunfire, Gunshot, Laborer, Lost Control, Palm Tree, Road, Tree, Utility Pole, Workplace Violence
NAICS: 921190
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347631764
Employer profile: 76307 - CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON-PUBLIC WORKS
Summary number: 221684376
Report ID: 0454510

Event description

Employee is killed during workplace violence incident

Investigation abstract

Between 11:00 and 12:00 p.m. on July 18, 2024, Employee #1, a laborer, was collecting garbage along the routine route. When Employee #1 got out of the garbage truck to collect garbage from the side of the road, a gunman fired shots at Employee #1. Employee #1 got back into the garbage truck to evade the gunman. While Employee #1 was driving, s/he lost control of his/her vehicle and crashed the garbage truck into a utility pole and palm tree. The glass was shattered on the driver's side of the garbage truck. There were also approximately two bullet holes in the driver's door of the garbage truck. Employee #1 succumbed to his/her injuries from approximately four gunshot wounds.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 26 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
999

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