# Cuts, lacerations at JBS SWIFT
> OSHA SIR `2016065102` · 6/9/2016 · GREELEY, COLORADO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** JBS SWIFT
- **Location:** 800 N. 8TH AVENUE, GREELEY, COLORADO, 80631
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was performing walking cuts on the kill floor. As he attempted to make a cut, he missed and contacted the knife of a coworker, lacerating his right forearm.

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