# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at American Foods Group, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2021032597` · 3/27/2021 · YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment dropped by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** American Foods Group, LLC
- **Location:** 1000 Cattle Drive, YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57078
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

While de-boning cow ribs, an employee dropped his knife. As the employee went to catch the knife it stabbed him above his mesh apron.

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