# Gunshot wounds at U. S. Dept of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2019099920` · 9/23/2019 · BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **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:** U. S. Dept of Homeland Security
- **Location:** 1131 Chapel Crossing Road, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, 31524
- **NAICS:** 928120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was taking a law enforcement handgun training class. As she pulled the gun out of the holster it discharged, shooting the employee in the right calf.

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