# Gunshot wounds at Below Ground Surface, Inc
> OSHA SIR `2016098804` · 9/16/2016 · SHAWNEE, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lumbar region
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person-unintentional
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Firearm, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Below Ground Surface, Inc
- **Location:** 8110 Cole Parkway, SHAWNEE, KANSAS, 66227
- **NAICS:** 562910
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was getting equipment ready to head out to the field while a second employee brought a gun to the office to have a third employee look at it.  While the two employees were looking at the gun to correct a malfunction, it went off and shot the employee preparing equipment. The employee was struck in the lower back, hitting the pelvic bone, stomach and large intestine.

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