Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-08-03 | Laredo | Tx | DHS U.S Customs and Border Protection | Leg(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
An employee was in his vehicle, getting ready to do firearms qualification, when his gun fired into his left leg. | |||||
2021-05-12 | Cottage Grove | Mn | U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Inv. | Thigh(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
On May 12, 2021, an employee was attending quarterly firearms training when her 9mm discharged into her right thigh and exited out of her lower right leg. | |||||
2020-03-25 | Buras | Louisiana | Star Service Inc | Knee(s) and leg(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
An HVAC technician was returning from lunch to a maintenance job at a home. He was showing a 9-millimeter firearm to another employee when it discharged, shooting him in the left leg. He was hospitalized with a wound to the knee and thigh. | |||||
2020-01-31 | Hamilton | Ohio | Kettering Health Network | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
A security officer was attending to an aggressive dog(s) by the patient entrance to the hospital. During the intervention with the dog(s), the officer was bitten. At that point, the officer discharged a firearm at the dog and the discharged round struck the officer in the left little finger area. | |||||
2019-07-24 | Dublin | Georgia | YKK AP America Inc. | Pelvic region | Shooting by other person-intentional |
An employee sustained a gunshot wound to his buttocks and lower body area when another employee (temporary worker) discharged a bullet from a firearm. | |||||
2019-06-13 | El Paso | Texas | Cash America Pawn, Store #2423 | Hand(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
An employee was evaluating a firearm that a customer brought in to sell when the firearm discharged and shot the employee's hand. | |||||
2019-06-11 | New Castle | Delaware | United States Postal Service | Foot (feet) | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
An employee was attending firearm training at a shooting range. A second employee had a live round in his rifle that discharged while he was doing a gun function test. The first employee was shot in the right foot. | |||||
2019-01-01 | Houston | Texas | Lowe's Home Improvement Store | Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Shooting by other person-intentional |
At approximately 11:30 AM, an unidentified male attempted to exit the store carrying a power tool combination kit without paying. An employee approached the man and grabbed the merchandise. The man quickly pulled a firearm and shot the employee in the abdomen. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
2018-07-27 | Lexington | Massachusett | HARVARD UNIVERSITY | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
On July 27, 2018, a police officer collapsed due to heat-related dehydration while taking a firearms training course. The officer was hospitalized. | |||||
2015-03-19 | Miami Lakes | Florida | Taurus Holdings, Inc. | Hand(s) | Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional |
On or about 3/19/15, at about 9:40 PM, an employee was preparing to go to the range and shoot firearms for inspection. The employee loaded the gun outside the range and was disassembling the loaded gun when it fired. The employee was injured with a shot wound to the left hand. The employee was hospitalized, and reconstructive surgery was performed on his hand. | |||||
2015-02-19 | San Diego | California | Federal Bureau of Investigation - San Diego Division | Leg(s) | Shooting by other person-unintentional |
Employee was shot in the leg while participating in firearms training. |