# Gunshot wounds at DHS U.S Customs and Border Protection
> OSHA SIR `2021086482` · 8/3/2021 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 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:** DHS U.S Customs and Border Protection
- **Location:** 3801 South Zapata Hwy, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78046
- **NAICS:** 928110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was in his vehicle, getting ready to do firearms qualification, when his gun fired into his left leg.

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