# Cuts, lacerations at JBS USA, LLC, Grand Island
> OSHA SIR `2015031288` · 3/18/2015 · GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS USA, LLC, Grand Island
- **Location:** 555 So. Stuhr Rd., GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, 68801
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee cutting cow tongue attempted to hang the tongue on a hook. The tongue started to fall from the employee's left hand. The employee attempted to grab it with the right hand, which held a knife, causing a left-arm laceration.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*