# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Pilgrim?s Pride Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2019032890` · 3/19/2019 · NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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:** Pilgrim?s Pride Corporation
- **Location:** 928 MARTIN LUTHER KING, NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS, 75964
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was walking across a crosswalk in a breast deboning department with a knife in his hand. He lost his balance and the knife punctured his chest and lung.

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