# Gunshot wounds at Noreen Firearms, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2023032524` · 3/21/2023 · BELGRADE, MONTANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
- **Source:** Person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Rifle, shotgun
## Employer
- **Name:** Noreen Firearms, LLC
- **Location:** 131 Jetway Drive, BELGRADE, MONTANA, 59714
- **NAICS:** 332994
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was test firing a 50-caliber rifle when the bullet ricocheted off a steel plate that was part of the frame for the rubber-coated bullet trap. The bullet struck the employee in the center of his neck, creating a 1/4 inch entry wound. Bullet fragments damaged the employee's trachea and the employee ingested the remaining fragments.

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