NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA—
Honeywell
Self-inflicted shooting-unintentional · Gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Honeywell, 2221 Industrial Rd., NEBRASKA CITY, NEBRASKA 68410 on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was on break in his vehicle and had taken his handgun out of his glove box and placed it onto his left thigh/leg. When he was putting the gun back in the glove box, it fired. He was hit in his left thigh, and the bullet exited through his left knee. He was hospitalized.
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