# Gunshot wounds at Emory University Hospital Midtown
> OSHA SIR `20181010542` · 10/12/2018 · LITHONIA, GEORGIA
## 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:** Firearm, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Emory University Hospital Midtown
- **Location:** 3905 N Goddard Road, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30038
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

After practicing shooting at a firing range, a public safety officer started to dismantle the gun. A round was still chambered and the weapon discharged, shooting the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.

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