# Gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Services
> OSHA SIR `20191213242` · 12/28/2019 · HOUSTON, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple trunk locations
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person-intentional
- **Source:** Assailant, suspect, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Firearm, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Services
- **Location:** 10048 Cedardale Dr., HOUSTON, TEXAS, 77055
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was shot in the back and stomach while delivering mail.

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