# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Family Dollar Stores of Alabama, LLC
> OSHA SIR `2022087091` · 8/11/2022 · MOBILE, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Neck, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Other client or customer
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Family Dollar Stores of Alabama, LLC
- **Location:** 717 DAUPHIN ISLAND PKWY, MOBILE, ALABAMA, 36606
- **NAICS:** 453998
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was involved in a verbal altercation with a customer who pulled out a knife and stabbed the employee in the neck. The employee was hospitalized.

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