# Gunshot wounds at Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018099592` · 9/17/2018 · NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person-intentional
- **Source:** Robber
- **Secondary source:** Firearm, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Family Dollar Stores, Inc.
- **Location:** 5501 Crowder, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, 70127
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working at a store cash register when an individual robbed the location at gunpoint and demanded money from the employee. When the robber began to flee the store, the employee chased after the robber and was shot in the arm.

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