Investigation Guard and Armored Car Services

Industry Summary

Between 2014 and 2015, the Investigation Guard and Armored Car Services industry saw employment growth of only 2.18%. There are an average of 36 workers at each of the 20,734 establishments in the United States. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Investigation and Security Services Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

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The accident investigation below was opened on Monday, April 29th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Wylie, TX after learning of an incident at Hope Security Services which had occured on Sunday, April 14th 2019. A 41 year old Guard had been killed when the

OSHA ID115766.015

Accident Date2019-04-14

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:45 p.m. on April 14, 2019, a security guard was shot and killed.

OSHA investigators arrived in Lexington, KY on Friday, February 8th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at 60544 - Garda Cl Central Inc. A 59 year old man working as a employee was killed on the job when the

OSHA ID113751.015

Accident Date2019-02-06

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn February 6, 2019, an employee was driving his usual route when he lost control of his armored vehicle. The employee was not wearing a seatbelt. The vehicle rolled over, killing him.

On Tuesday, November 27th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Christiansted, VI at R&T Unlimited Security, Llc. A 27 year old woman working as a Guard was killed on the job when the employee received multiple gunshot wounds and was killed

OSHA ID111264.015

Accident Date2018-11-25

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeOn November 25, 2018, an employee was working as a security guard (6:00pm-12:00 am shift) at a construction site. The employee suffered multiple gunshot wounds from an unknown source. There is a pending on-going homicide investigation.

Investigation Guard and Armored Car Services

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