# Cuts, lacerations at HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
> OSHA SIR `2017076981` · 7/26/2017 · FREMONT, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by physical contact during horseplay
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** HORMEL FOODS CORPORATION
- **Location:** 900 S PLATTE AVE, FREMONT, NEBRASKA, 68025
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were engaged in horseplay on the tongue trimming line resulting in injury to one of the employees. The injured employee sustained a right forearm laceration from a knife.

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