# Gunshot wounds at US Department of Homeland Security
> OSHA SIR `2019032425` · 3/6/2019 · LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **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:** US Department of Homeland Security
- **Location:** 5757 Wayne Newton Blvd., LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, 89119
- **NAICS:** 922120
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning his handgun when it fired into his left hand. He was hospitalized.

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