# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at MERCY HOSPITAL
> OSHA SIR `2021108693` · 10/8/2021 · SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Person, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** MERCY HOSPITAL
- **Location:** 1235 East Cherokee, SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI, 65804
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stabbed while working at a hospital. The employee was hospitalized.

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