# Gunshot wounds at Endeavour Health Evanston Hospital
> OSHA SIR `2025065362` · 6/5/2025 · EVANSTON, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Trunk  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Firearms, air-powered guns  unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Endeavour Health Evanston Hospital
- **Location:** 2650 Ridge Ave, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, 60201
- **NAICS:** 622210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was called to the emergency department to assist with de-escalating a patient. During the incident, the patient pulled a firearm out of their bag and began shooting. The employee was shot in the torso. They were hospitalized and required surgery.

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