Shooter injured during COF

[Burk Cornelius]

Kind of silly, or maybe not but we need a new question to keep this thread rolling.

If a shooter suffers an injury during the COF (i.e. eye, open wound, sprain etc) does he get an opportunity to bandage/tape the injury and then get a re-shoot or is it just tough sh!t?

Assume that no safety violation occurred while suffering the injury

 

[Iggie]

Tricky question. I would assume that if it was range equipment that caused it it would be equip failure. But also depends if said shooter stopped due to injury or finished the COF.

 

[xdnok]

I don't recall any reshoot because I fell down and scraped my knee in the USPSA rule book, especially since that happened to me this last weekend. Bullet splatter happens occationaly and reminds you why you wear safety glasses, have had bullet splatter give me a pretty good cut in the leg as well. However unless there is a safety issue it is "scored as shot"

Wes

 

[Burk Cornelius]

I don't recall any reshoot because I fell down and scraped my knee in the USPSA rule book, especially since that happened to me this last weekend. Unless there is a safety issue it is "as shot"

Wes

I know a scraped knee would typically take you out, but I am talking more about an open wound, gash, or you suffered some sort of eye injury (even with eye protection). Something a little more severe (but non-fatal)

 

[NL7CO]

Shooter needs to finish if it isn't range equipment induced, but the RO getting injured before the shooter completes is a range equipment failure.

 

[The Antichrome]

Shooter needs to finish if it isn't range equipment induced, but the RO getting injured before the shooter completes is a range equipment failure.

This.

 

[aeropb]

finish the stage and deal with it after

 

[Iggie]

Shooter needs to finish if it isn't range equipment induced, but the RO getting injured before the shooter completes is a range equipment failure.

Sooo... are RO's hard cover or soft?

 

[Burk Cornelius]

Sooo... are RO's hard cover or soft?

If Accurate Ron is RO-ing, they are impenetrable.

 

[Iggie]

If Accurate Ron is RO-ing, they are impenetrable.

LMAO

But seriously, If the injury was serious enough to stop the shooter theres a good chance they wont continue the competition. A lot of us would shoot through and deal with it after if it was not debilitating. unless it was something like fragments in the eye that were washed out later or something of that nature.

Some of us Might even make a splint of range equipment on the clock for our broken leg. Something I imagine Accurate Ron would do ... that is if it was conceivable for his legs to break.

 

[Burk Cornelius]

That's kind of where I was going with the question. Something like, you gash your arm on a barricade and its bleeding like a stuck pig. Or you twist an ankle and could continue after some tape or ice. Something along those lines.

Fragments in the eye would also be a good example. Would you get a re-shoot in such a case as that?

If the injury was serious enough to stop the shooter theres a good chance they wont continue the competition. A lot of us would shoot through and deal with it after if it was not debilitating. unless it was something like fragments in the eye that were washed out later or something of that nature.

 

[jtischauser]

I don't know what the magic book says but if I see blood I'm gonna stop the shooter to make sure it's not mine. At which point I have to issue a reshoot for interference, don't I?

 

[NL7CO]

If you stop him from finishing, then it is not his fault. Sure means a reshoot if I'm RO-ing. Basically, this is the same as the RO not liking the sound of a shot and stopping the shooter to look for a squib.

 

[Bubber]

If you are hurt to the point of not being able to continue, getting a reshoot is the least important issue anyone has to worry about. As an RO you would keep the situation safe as possible. Do what needs to be done with safety and get the proper attention that the shooter needs. rdd

 

[Lance Jensen]

What if you run over the RO??? Do you get a new one? Lol

 

[Rustyzx9]

What if you run over the RO??? Do you get a new one? Lol

Yes... lol. A much larger RO that won't be "run" over...

 

[brandt9913]

Here is an example of an injury your are referring to, but I don't know what the answer was or if a reshoot is awarded.

If during the course of fire a piece of brass deflects off a wall or barricade and gets trapped between the competitors glasses and eye. The competitor safely grounds their weapon and removes the piece of brass from behind their glasses. Are they entitled to a reshoot or are they scored based on with the remaining targets unhit?

 

[The Antichrome]

Here is an example of an injury your are referring to, but I don't know what the answer was or if a reshoot is awarded.

If during the course of fire a piece of brass deflects off a wall or barricade and gets trapped between the competitors glasses and eye. The competitor safely grounds their weapon and removes the piece of brass from behind their glasses. Are they entitled to a reshoot or are they scored based on with the remaining targets unhit?

No brainer; The shooter should follow the procedure in 5.4.4

 

[Burk Cornelius]

No brainer; The shooter should follow the procedure in 5.4.4

5.4.3 If a Range Official notices that a competitor has lost or displaced their eye or ear protection during a course of fire, or has commenced a course of fire without them, the Range Official must immediately stop the competitor who will be required to reshoot the course of fire after the protective devices have been restored.

5.4.4 A competitor who inadvertently loses eye or ear protection during a course of fire, or commences a course of fire without them, is entitled to stop, point their handgun in a safe direction and indicate the problem to the Range Official, in which case the provisions of the previous rule will apply.

 

[Lance Jensen]

If a competitor can not complete the course of fire it will be scored as shot... no reshoot.