DateCityStateEmployerBody PartEvent
2020-03-05LewistonIdahoSeekins Precision, LLCMultiple body partsStruck by discharged or flying object
An employee was performing an operations check on a recently assembled rifle. A component of the rifle was missing, allowing the rifle's bolt to be ejected, lacerating the employee's face and imbedding into their shoulder.
2019-06-11New CastleDelawareUnited States Postal ServiceFoot (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.
2018-06-07Camp PendletonCaliforniaInter-Con Security Systems, Inc.Foot (feet)Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
An employee was participating in a live fire training/qualifying exercise utilizing a rifle and sustained a gunshot wound to the left foot causing a compound fracture while transferring the rifle from one hand to the other.
2018-04-16OxfordMississippiOlin Corporation WinchesterHand(s) and arm(s)Explosion, n.e.c.
An employee was using needle nose pliers to remove a rifle cartridge from an adhesive pot filled with hot glue when the heat from the glue ignited the propellant powder in the rifle cartridge and caused it to burst open. Hot glue then splashed onto the employee's left arm and left hand, causing burns that required hospitalization.
2016-02-29WauchulaFloridaDonald E. SmithLeg(s)Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
An employee was riding a Polaris Ranger vehicle gathering cattle on a ranch when it hit a bump. The rifle that he was carrying felt off the vehicle, hit the ground, and accidently discharged striking the employee in the leg.