# Gunshot wounds at Dept of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2023010214` · 1/8/2023 · LAREDO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person-unintentional
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Pistol, handgun, revolver
## Employer
- **Name:** Dept of Homeland Security
- **Location:** 202 State Highway 255, LAREDO, TEXAS, 78045
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A law enforcement employee was participating in a scenario-based demonstration by a co-worker when the co-worker's firearm accidentally discharged. A 9-milimeter bullet struck the employee in the upper right thigh, resulting in a wound that required hospitalization.

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