# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Dillons Food Store
> OSHA SIR `2022064707` · 6/1/2022 · TOPEKA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Assailant, suspect, n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Dillons Food Store
- **Location:** 2010 Southeast 29th Street, TOPEKA, KANSAS, 66605
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

A security/surveillance/greeter employee was trying to recover a shopping cart taken by an alleged shoplifter. The person attacked the employee, punching him, and there was an altercation. The employee was stabbed in the abdomen, suffering liver damage, and was hospitalized.

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