Inspection Detail

Inspection: 315529743 - Orange County Sheriff-Coronor Department

Inspection Information - Office: Santa Ana District Office

Investigation Summary

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on September 24, 2012, Employee #1, a sheriff deputy trainee, was working with nine other trainees and two weapons training instructors. They were in an indoor shooting range and shooting 30 rounds in timed target training with a Glock 22.40 caliber safe-action pistol. Employee #1 had finished the timed course and was momentarily distracted by a target moving in the background. He still had his finger on the trigger as he was lowering his weapon into the holster, when he accidentally shot himself in his right foot. The weapons training instructor, who was positioned behind him, recognized the late fired round after the timed session ended and gave the verbal command to shut down the training. He stated that Employee #1 was positioned at approximately 45 degrees in front of him and he took control of his weapon. He saw that Employee #1's right boot had a bullet hole in it. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center for treatment. He was admitted for surgery and was hospitalized for two days. Employee #1 opted to surgically amputate the injured toe and returned to training on October 1, 2012.

Keywords: GUNSHOT, TOE, FOOT