# Gunshot wounds at Dairy Queen
> OSHA SIR `2023042889` · 4/1/2023 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **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:** Dairy Queen
- **Location:** 3121 North Street, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75965
- **NAICS:** 722511
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 1, 2023, at 4:04 PM, two employees were talking as one employee stowed his belongings in the prep room. One employee began showing the injured employee his gun when it fired. The injured employee was shot in the arm and required hospitalization and surgery.

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