# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at SSM Health DePaul
> OSHA SIR `2022076039` · 7/11/2022 · BRIDGETON, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **2 hospitalizations**
- **Body part:** Neck and back
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Patient
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** SSM Health DePaul
- **Location:** 12303 DePaul Drive, BRIDGETON, MISSOURI, 63044
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

At 11:21 a.m. on July 11, 2022, a patient stabbed two employees behind a hospital reception desk. The first employee was stabbed in the side of the neck and the back. The second employee was stabbed on the arm, neck, and torso while trying to stop the patient. The first employee was hospitalized for surgery. The second employee was treated in the Emergency Department and hospitalized.

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