Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 1539 Madrid St., SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78237
on — Gunshot wounds, affecting the thigh(s).
Final narrative
An employee was conducting surveillance to make an arrest when his firearm discharged into his thigh.
HospitalizedThigh(s)Person-injured or ill worker, n.e.c.
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