# Cuts, lacerations at TRIUMPH FOODS
> OSHA SIR `2019043434` · 4/3/2019 · SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** TRIUMPH FOODS
- **Location:** 5302 STOCKYARDS EXPRESSWAY, SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI, 64504
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was on a raised platform with an inspector, trimming fat from a carcass using an 8-inch knife. As the carcass moved down the line, the knife nicked an artery in the employee's forearm, requiring surgery.

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