A Fox news anchor narrowly avoided disaster last week when he misfired an ax on live television, striking an unfortunately placed marching-band drummer.

I was hit by an axe while performing a drum solo live on National TV.....words I never imagined saying! This happened... Posted by Jeff Prosperie on Saturday, June 20, 2015

The thrower of the ax is "Fox and Friends" cohost Pete Hegseth, who was attempting to strike a bull's-eye on a wooden board roughly 5 feet in front of him during a June 14 broadcast, according to The Huffington Post. The rogue ax ended up striking Jeff Prosperie of the West Point Hellcats marching band, HuffPost added.

"It could have been much worse or fatal," Prosperie wrote on Facebook, adding that he had suffered cuts on his wrist.

The video of Prosperie being struck by the ax was captured by cellphone footage and edited together with the video of Hegseth chucking the ax and wincing in horror. Prosperie posted it to his Facebook on Saturday, and it quickly went viral.

In a follow-up post on Facebook, Prosperie said he was on the set of "Fox and Friends" in honor of the Army's 240th birthday and Flag Day.

"My leadership told me they were told there would be no ax throwing; I think the anchor person went rogue and decided to throw it," Prosperie said, adding that Hegseth had "only thrown it once before in practice for an upcoming segment and they told him to throw it with more force."

Prosperie characterized the incident as "obvious negligence," saying it should not have happened and could have been avoided.

"When shooting or throwing, always know what is behind your target," Prosperie said on Facebook. "Basic safety rule."