# Cuts, lacerations at St. Vincent's Birmingham
> OSHA SIR `20181213159` · 12/24/2018 · BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Head and neck
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Other client or customer
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** St. Vincent's Birmingham
- **Location:** 810 Saint Vincents Dr, BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, 35205
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A security guard was engaged with a belligerent visitor who had been escorted out of an emergency department waiting area. The visitor stabbed the guard, lacerating the guard's head and neck area.

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