# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2022021073` · 2/4/2022 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 2228 Industrial Rd, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 493120
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a handheld knife when the knife slipped off the meat and struck his abdomen, resulting in a cut to his intestine.

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