# Gunshot wounds at United States Postal Service
> OSHA SIR `2019065883` · 6/11/2019 · NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Shooting by other person-unintentional
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Rifle, shotgun
## Employer
- **Name:** United States Postal Service
- **Location:** 1345 River Road, NEW CASTLE, DELAWARE, 19720
- **NAICS:** 491110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was attending firearm training at a shooting range. A second employee had a live round in his rifle that discharged while he was doing a gun function test. The first employee was shot in the right foot.

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