# Cuts, lacerations at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2022098518` · 9/26/2022 · MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(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:** Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1220 N. 6th St., MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, 61462
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On September 26, 2022, an employee was trimming a carcass using a straight knife. The knife lacerated the employee's left kneecap, and the employee was hospitalized.

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