# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Corecivic
> OSHA SIR `2021021093` · 2/6/2021 · LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Multiple head locations
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Inmate or detainee in custody
- **Secondary source:** Tools, instruments, and equipment, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Corecivic
- **Location:** 100 Highway Terrace, LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, 66048
- **NAICS:** 922140
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An inmate assaulted an employee with a sharpened weapon. A second employee was also assaulted after she intervened to stop the assault on the first employee. Both employees suffered puncture wounds to the face and head and were hospitalized.

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