# Gunshot wounds at US Customs and Border Protection
> OSHA SIR `20181111595` · 11/9/2018 · EAGLE PASS, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **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:** US Customs and Border Protection
- **Location:** 160 Garrison St., EAGLE PASS, TEXAS, 78852
- **NAICS:** 928120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning his service weapon when it was unintentionally discharged, striking his upper thigh.

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