# Cuts, lacerations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `2019054885` · 5/14/2019 · VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against stationary object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
## Employer
- **Name:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 802 SOUTH 28TH ST., VAN BUREN, ARKANSAS, 72956
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee's hard hat slipped off of his head. He leaned forward to catch it and struck his eye on a smock rack. He was hospitalized with lacerations to the upper eyelid, lower eyelid, and tear duct.

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