Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Emory University Hospital Midtown, 3905 N Goddard Road, LITHONIA, GEORGIA 30038
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the leg(s), unspecified.
Final narrative
After practicing shooting at a firing range, a public safety officer started to dismantle the gun. A round was still chambered and the weapon discharged, shooting the employee's leg. The employee was hospitalized.
HospitalizedLeg(s), unspecifiedPerson-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
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