# Gunshot wounds at Coastal International Security, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017010541` · 1/18/2017 · WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Lower leg(s)
- **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:** Coastal International Security, Inc.
- **Location:** 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, SW, WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 20004
- **NAICS:** 561612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee reached for his backpack when the strap contacted his service weapon trigger. When he applied pressure to the strap, the weapon fired and shot his right calf.

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