# Gunshot wounds at Star Service Inc
> OSHA SIR `2020032778` · 3/25/2020 · BURAS, LOUISIANA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s) and leg(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:** Star Service Inc
- **Location:** 105 Dennis St, BURAS, LOUISIANA, 70041
- **NAICS:** 238220
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An HVAC technician was returning from lunch to a maintenance job at a home. He was showing a 9-millimeter firearm to another employee when it discharged, shooting him in the left leg. He was hospitalized with a wound to the knee and thigh.

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