# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4553
> OSHA SIR `20181213277` · 12/31/2018 · RAYTOWN, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Spouse or domestic partner of injured or ill worker
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Wal-Mart Stores Inc. 4553
- **Location:** 11601 East Highway 4o, RAYTOWN, MISSOURI, 64133
- **NAICS:** 452990
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working behind the counter when her boyfriend walked up and stabbed her in the neck with a knife.

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