# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Ohio Farms Packing Co. LTD
> OSHA SIR `2019021621` · 2/13/2019 · CRESTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Farms Packing Co. LTD
- **Location:** 2416 East West Salem Rd, CRESTON, OHIO, 44217
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting a calf hip carcass with a 5-inch butcher knife when the knife slid off of the carcass and impaled the employee's right thigh.  The employee was hospitalized.

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