Summary of Library Incident Reports


These tables present summaries of the 99 security incident reports that made up Exhibit 1 of the Defendants’ Answer to Plaintiff’s Second Set of Interrogatories, and Appendix Tab A of Defendants' Reply in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment and Memorandum Contra Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment.

In the Table 1, each incident was classified according to one of the nine listed areas:

Table 1
Item Description Total Count
1 Urine/Feces/Vomit/Tampon 21
2 Furniture Breakage 3
3 Slip and Fall - Inside 19
4 Slip and Fall - Outside 17
5 Broken glass (window/door/bottle) 15
6 Bullet Holes 4
7 Vandalism 6
8 Illness 3
9 Miscellaneous 11

In the Table 2, each incident was classified as to whether it was an injury incident or a discovery (security discovered a situation requiring attention) incident.

Table 2
Classification Total Count
Injury 39
Discovery 60

The Table 3 presents a short description of each incident. The incident reports contained entry locations for both the time of occurence, and the time that the incident was reported. When the time of occurrence was available, it was entered into the table; if not, the report time was entered, and enclosed in parentheses. The class encodes how each incident was reported in Tables 1 and 2.

The reports in Exhibit 1 were, in the main, arranged in reverse dated order. For the table, some have been rearranged to get a strict reverse dated order.



Table 3
Item Page Date Time Location Class Incident
1 0202 8-22-01 11:00am Northern Lights 3i Slip and fall on wet floor; slick soles
2 0001 6-07-01 5:30pm Livingston 1d Feces on women's restroom mirror
3 0002 5-10-01 (6:40pm) Main 7d Broken ceiling tile on floor of men's restroom
4 0004 3-14-01 noon Karl 1d Vomit on women's restroom floor
5 0006 3-5-01 4:00pm Southeast 3i Slip and fall on water on floor of women's restroom
6 0010 1-8-01 8:40am Franklinton 4i Slip and fall on ice at bookdrop
7 0008 1-2-01 7:00pm Whitehall 2d Computer chair broke under weight
8 0012 12-27-00 1:14pm Main 4i Slip and fall near Parking Garage entrance
9 0017 10-29-00 (6:30am) Hilltop 5d Broken glass (window)
10 0014 10-23-00 7:00pm Hilliard 1d Bloody tampon on wall of women's restroom
11 0015 10-02-00 6:00pm Southeast 2d Shelf collapse, child possibly climbing on it
12 0019 8-9-00 (12:30pm) Northern Lights 6d Bullet hole in window
13 0021 8-8-00 (4:40pm) Whitehall 1d Feces spread in men's restroom
14 0023 8-8-00 1:00pm Hilliard 1d Feces on seat in men's restroom
15 0025 7-12-00 1:45pm Main 3i Slip and fall on water outside restroom
16 0027 7-10-00 (noon) Livingston 5d Broken glass (outside w/ blood)
17 0033 6-30-00 4:45pm Hilltop 1d Urination all over men's restroom
18 0029 6-29-00 5:50pm Franklinton 1d Urination in elevator
19 0031 6-20-00 (6:30am) Whitehall 1d Feces on floor of men's restroom
20 0038 5-23-00 8:25pm Northern Lights 1d Vomit on floor of women's restroom
21 0040 5-11-00 (5:00pm) Karl 5d Broken window (outer pane)
22 0036 5-4-00 (6:30am) Whitehall 1d Urination on walls of men's restroom
23 0044 4-20-00   Whitehall 1d Feces and urine on floor of men's restroom
24 0048 4-20-00 (10:00am) Northern Lights 6d Bullet hole in glass
25 0046 4-6-00 8:40pm Hilltop 9d Water on floor of men's restroom from clogged toilet
26 0055 3-27-00 7:40am Parsons 3i Slip and fall on wet floor in men's restroom
27 0050 3-6-00 5:15pm Livingston 5d Broken glass bottle outside
28 0052 3-4-00 5:30pm Dublin 5i Man walked into glass door
29 0053 3-21-00 (8:35am) MLK 5d Broken window near entrance; lobby full of shards.
30 0057 2-21-00 (8:10am) Franklinton 5d A broken glass window
31 0067 12-29-99 6:45pm Shepard 4i Slip on black ice on parking lot
32 0060 12-28-99 1:00pm Main 3i Slip and fall in puddle in men's restroom
33 0065 12-17-99 6:00pm Whitehall 1d Feces on floor of men's room
34 0063 12-9-99 7:00pm Northern Lights 3i Slip and fall on water on floor of men's restroom
35 0068 11-30-99 7:20pm Reynoldsburg 3i Fall to floor and bleeding
36 0072 10-18-99 10:38pm Parsons 3i Trip and fall over basket of magazines holding door open
37 0070 10-10-99 3:30am Driving Park 5d Rocks through window
38 0074 9-27-99 (1:30pm) South High 7d Grass killer used to write dirty words in lawn
39 0076 8-24-99 11:10am Reynoldsburg 3i Trip and fall over stool in aisle
40 0078 8-24-99 11:00am Reynoldsburg 4i Trip and fall on rebar sticking up from parking bumper
41 0080 6-22-99 6:30pm Hilltop 1d Feces in stacks (image)
42 0106 4-15-99 5:00pm Hilliard 7d Restroom vandalized and water on floor
43 0104 4-8-99 (noon) Franklinton 6d Window shot with BB
44 0112 3-26-99 10:00am Whetstone 8d Attempted suicide in men's restroom, blood
45 0111 3-20-99 4:00pm Linden 7d Women's restroom flooded (vandalism)
46 0107 3-4-99 9:00am Southeast 4i Slip and fall on black ice in parking lot (staff - Britt)
47 0109 3-4-99 8:05am Southeast 4i Slip and fall on black ice in parking lot (staff - Gandy)
48 0114 2-20-99 11:30am Northside 8d Patron collapse and vomit in children's area
49 0119 1-20-99 9:53am 1061 W. Town 4i Slip and fall on ice in parking lot (staff - Eblin)
50 0121 1-20-99 5:00pm 3450 S. High 4i Slip and fall on ice
51 0115 1-16-99 5:58pm Main 3i Slip and fall on something slick in lobby
52 0125 1-7-99 3:15pm MLK 3i Slip and fall on wet floor
53 0129 1-4-99 12:30pm Whitehall 4i Slip and fall on ice in parking lot
54 0117 1-3-99 12:30pm Main 9d Urinal overflowing in men's restroom
55 0123 1-3-99 12:45pm Whetstone 3i Slip and fall on wet floor from melted snow (staff - Shelley)
56 0127 1-3-99 5:05pm Gahanna 4i Slip and fall on ice in parking lot (staff - Mantle)
57 0135 12-26-98 10:40am Whetstone 3i Slip and fall on wet substance in women's restroom
58 0133 12-21-98 1:00pm Reynoldsburg 3i Slip and fall on wet lobby floor
59 0131 12-3-98 4:00pm South High 9d Broken electrical cover plate near street light
60 0139 11-6-98 6:00pm Driving Park 5d Front door shattered by rock
61 0140 10-11-98 11:30am Main 1d Feces on floor of men's restroom
62 0142 10-10-98 5:30pm Main 1d Feces on floor of men's restroom
63 0145 9-26-98 4:15pm MLK 1d Vomit on sidewalk in front of bookdrop
64 0144 9-17-98 (7:00pm) Gahanna 1d Feces smeared in men's restroom
65 0137 8-10-98 noon Main 3i Slip and fall on binder clip
66 0147 7-16-98   MLK 1d Feces on floor of women's restroom
67 0149 7-5-98 (1:30pm) Driving Park 5d Broken glass on north side of front entrance door (Sunday)
68 0146 7-2-98   MLK 1d Feces near commode in men's restroom
69 0150 5-27-98 10:45am Northside 9i Child scraped arm on staple while on floor for storytime
70 0151 5-18-98 6:00pm Northside 7d Shaving cream sprayed in men's restroom
71 0152 4-27-98 5:32pm Driving Park 4i Trip and fall on chunk of concrete in parking lot (staff - Chlysta)
72 0153 3-21-98 11:15am Karl 4i Slip and fall on sleet in parking lot
73 0154 3-9-98 (8:00am) South High 5d Plexiglass library sign broken
74 0160 2-17-98 5:30pm Whitehall 3i Slip and fall on wet floor in lobby
75 0156 2-10-98 4:00pm Franklinton 1d Urine in elevator
76 0159 2-5-98 (1:50pm) Hilltop 4i Slip and fall on ice (staff?)
77 0164 1-18-98 2:55pm Reynoldsburg 4i Slip and fall on mud in parking lot
78 0158 1-11-98 1:00pm Hilltop 7d Used condoms thrown in library lobby
79 0166 1-8-98 12:30pm Gahanna 9d Sewer backup in restrooms
80 0167 1-6-98 6:30pm Reynoldsburg 4i Slip and fall on oil in parking lot
81 0169 12-6-97 12:30pm Reynoldsburg 4i Slip and fall on ice on sidewalk
82 0171 10-5-97 (12:30pm) Hilltop 5d Broken glass lamp post piece
83 0177 9-20-97 1:55pm Franklinton 5d Front door glass broken
84 0173 9-6-97 3:30pm Franklinton 4i Slip and fall on antifreeze in parking lot
85 0175 9-6-97 3:00pm Southeast 9d Sewage backup in men's restroom
86 0179 8-2-97 (10:55am) Main 3i Slip and fall near coffee stand
87 0181 7-14-97 2:35pm Northside 1d Urination on chair
88 0185 6-25-97 10:30am Main 8d Sick woman/bleeding
89 0183 6-17-97 11:30am Northside 3i Trip and fall over carpet runner
90 0187 5-15-97 3:40pm Northside 3i Foot injured when caught under opening door
91 0189 4-24-97 5:30pm Northside 5d Broken glass on door of automatic handicap door
92 0188 4-17-97 3:30pm Main 9d Used needle reported and found in men's restroom
93 0191 3-31-97 6:55pm Northern Lights 9i Barefoot toe injured when caught by opening door
94 0190 3-7-97 4:00pm Reynoldsburg 9d Indecent exposure incident
95 0194 1-31-97 (11:00am) Franklinton 9d Drug paraphenalia found at back of property
96 0192 1-14-97 2:30pm Main 9d .22 cal shells found
97 0196 1-14-97 (9:45am) Shepard 6d Bullet holes in windows
98 0199 2-25-97 4:19pm South High 5d Broken window in front
99 0200 12-21-96 10:00am MLK 2d Broken piano bench