# Gunshot wounds at Department of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2017032813` · 3/28/2017 · DALLAS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(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:** Department of Homeland Security
- **Location:** 10160 Technology Blvd East, DALLAS, TEXAS, 75220
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shot in the right leg by a gun that went off as she reached back to grab it.

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