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U. S. Dept. of Homeland Security

Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional — Amputations — NEWNAN, GEORGIA

AMPUTATION — Worker suffered amputation at U. S. Dept. of Homeland Security in NEWNAN, GEORGIA
Employer U. S. Dept. of Homeland Security Report ID 20211110020
Address 80 Millard Farmer Industrial Blvd. City, State ZIP NEWNAN, GEORGIA 30263
Event Date November 18, 2021 Outcome Amputation
Nature of Injury Amputations Body Part Fingertip(s)
Event Type Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional Source of Injury Person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
Secondary Source Firearm, unspecified
Industry (NAICS) 928110 Inspection # —
GPS Coordinates 33.39000, -84.76000

Incident Narrative

A border patrol officer unintentionally fired his gun at a shooting range. The bullet hit the officer's left ring fingertip resulting in amputation.

Incident Summary

On November 18, 2021, a worker at U. S. Dept. of Homeland Security in NEWNAN, GEORGIA suffered amputations to the fingertip(s). The incident was classified as self-inflicted shooting-unintentional, with person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c. identified as the source of injury. The worker was amputation.

Context

OSHA has recorded 44 severe injury reports involving "Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional" incidents in our database. Browse all Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional injuries.

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