# Gunshot wounds at Big Sandy Superstore
> OSHA SIR `2022097955` · 9/7/2022 · HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(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:** Big Sandy Superstore
- **Location:** 1000 Liberty Park Dr, HURRICANE, WEST VIRGINIA, 25526
- **NAICS:** 452112
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was re-holstering a gun when it went off and shot the employee in the thigh.

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