# Cuts, lacerations at Champion National Security
> OSHA SIR `2020087469` · 8/7/2020 · DENVER, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Assailant, suspect, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Champion National Security
- **Location:** 1055 19th St, DENVER, COLORADO, 80202
- **NAICS:** 561612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On August 7, 2020, at approximately 2:38 AM, two security guards were conducting an exterior patrol of a bus station. The guards directed a person to leave the property for failing to provide a valid ticket. The person then stood up and hit one of the guards on the left side of the face/neck with a metal pole. An altercation ensued; the assailant then pulled out a knife and began striking the injured guard in the left forearm and right hand. The injured guard sustained lacerations to the arm, hand, and neck.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*