# Gunshot wounds at Taurus Holdings, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2015031315` · 3/19/2015 · MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
- **Source:** Person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Pistol, handgun, revolver
## Employer
- **Name:** Taurus Holdings, Inc.
- **Location:** 16175 NW 49th Ave, MIAMI LAKES, FLORIDA, 33014
- **NAICS:** 332994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

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.

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