# Gunshot wounds at U.S. Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2023098134` · 9/5/2023 · MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person-intentional
- **Source:** Person, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** U.S. Postal Service
- **Location:** 65 South Main Street, MARS HILL, NORTH CAROLINA, 28754
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was sitting in her right-hand drive (RHD) delivery vehicle as someone approached the vehicle. The employee was shot in the head and pulled from the vehicle. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery.

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