# Multiple types of open wounds at Macy's at the Mall in Georgia
> OSHA SIR `2022097858` · 9/2/2022 · BUFORD, GEORGIA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Multiple body parts, n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Multiple types of open wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Robber
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Macy's at the Mall in Georgia
- **Location:** 3333 Buford Drive, BUFORD, GEORGIA, 30519
- **NAICS:** 452210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 2, 2022, an employee was trying to apprehend a shoplifter in a jewelry department when the shoplifter stabbed him in the upper right torso and right leg with a knife. He also suffered a puncture wound to his right hand. He was hospitalized.

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