# Cuts, lacerations at Lone Star Beef Processors, L.P.
> OSHA SIR `20171212268` · 12/28/2017 · SAN ANGELO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Meat, poultry, seafood
## Employer
- **Name:** Lone Star Beef Processors, L.P.
- **Location:** 2150 E. 37th Street, SAN ANGELO, TEXAS, 76903
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While dropping rounds of meat, an employee was sharpening a knife when a chunk of meat came down from the rail and struck his elbow, forcing the knife into his chest. He suffered a chest laceration.

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