# Cuts, lacerations at TYSON FOODS, INC.
> OSHA SIR `20191010527` · 10/8/2019 · DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **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:** TYSON FOODS, INC.
- **Location:** 1131 DAKOTA AVE, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA, 68731
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat on a process floor. His knife struck him in the chest above his mesh apron, causing a laceration.

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