# Gunshot wounds at St.Louis Catholic Cemeteries
> OSHA SIR `2021119823` · 11/12/2021 · SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(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:** St.Louis Catholic Cemeteries
- **Location:** 5239 W Florissant Ave, SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI, 63115
- **NAICS:** 561730
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was weed eating on a job site and was putting his gun in his glove box. The gun accidently discharged and the bullet hit his knee.

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