# Cuts, lacerations at Miller Farms, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022021853` · 2/28/2022 · LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **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:** Miller Farms, LLC
- **Location:** 3615 County Road 621 E, LAKE PLACID, FLORIDA, 33852
- **NAICS:** 111219
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee 1 was sitting on the back of a field truck using a knife to cut twine that ties bundles of crates together. Employee 2 came to grab two bundles. Employee 1 still had the knife in their hand when employee 2 grabbed the bundles, causing employee 1's hand to jerk; the knife cut employee 1's left eye.

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