Gunshot wounds

Name: Gunshot wounds at Emory University Hospital Midtown
Start: 10/12/2018

1 hospitalization · 20181010542 · 10/12/2018 · Emory University Hospital Midtown

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Leg(s), unspecified
Nature of injury: Gunshot wounds

Cause

Event: Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional
Source: Person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
Secondary source: Firearm, unspecified

Employer

Name: Emory University Hospital Midtown
Location: 3905 N Goddard Road, LITHONIA, GEORGIA, 30038
NAICS: 622110
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

After practicing shooting at a firing range, a public safety officer started to dismantle the gun. A round was still chambered and the weapon discharged, shooting the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown