# Gunshot wounds at Westwood Shores Property Owners Association
> OSHA SIR `20161211537` · 12/11/2016 · TRINITY, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, 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:** Pistol, handgun, revolver
## Employer
- **Name:** Westwood Shores Property Owners Association
- **Location:** 100 Westwood Dr., TRINITY, TEXAS, 75862
- **NAICS:** 561110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was carrying a backpack that had a handgun holstered inside it. The backpack was dropped from where it was perched. The handgun then went off and shot the employee in the stomach. He was hospitalized.

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