Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA)

A security employee was holstering her firearm when the gun discharged a bullet into her right leg. The employee was hospitalized.

On June 25, 2025, a security employee was walking into a facility ahead of their shift when their firearm discharged. The employee suffered a gunshot wound to the right leg.

An employee was showing a handgun to co-worker when it discharged and a bullet struck the co-worker's leg.

An employee was training at a shooting range. Their weapon discharged and the employee sustained a gunshot wound to the foot. A toe was surgically amputated.

An employee was cleaning a handgun when it discharged a round into their left hand below their little finger. The employee was hospitalized.

An employee was dropping off customers at the airport when they tripped on a curb and sustained a fractured hip.

On October 13, 2020, an employee was riding on the tailgate of a pickup truck. The truck went over a bump and the employee fell striking his head on the concrete parking lot. The employee suffered a skull fracture and bleeding in the brain.

The injured employee was assisting a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) enforcement operation. During an apprehension, officers returned fire at a subject and struck the employee with a bullet. The employee sustained a gunshot wound to their right hand.

The injured employee was assisting in the disassembly phase after a radar array had been lowered and secured. The crew began removing load bearing pins from an overhead crane to free the radome. A load bearing pin was stuck. The injured employee went to remove the pin manually as a second team member applied pressure from the opposite side. The pin unexpectedly released and struck the injured employee s right thumb, resulting in partial amputation of the distal phalanx including an open distal phalanx fracture and nail bed laceration.

An employee was working on an electrical panel in a mechanical room when an arc flash occurred. The employee suffered burns.

At about 3:10 p.m. on October 3, 2025, an employee was inspecting a car. Two dogs that had been in another car were leashed and tethered to a bollard. As the employee inspected the first car along with a narcotics detection dog, one of the other dogs came loose and attacked the narcotics dog. The employee was separating the dogs when the other dog bit his left ring finger. The last joint of the finger was injured and part of it was bitten off.

An employee was preparing a bundle of green onions for chopping. While holding the bundle in his left hand, he made his first cut using a 9-inch kitchen knife held in his right hand. The knife contacted the tip of his left thumb, resulting in an amputation of approximately 0.5 inches of the thumb that required hospitalization.