# Cuts, lacerations at Bachoco OK Foods Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043591` · 4/21/2023 · FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** Bachoco OK Foods Inc.
- **Location:** 4201 Reed Lane, FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, 72904
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 21, 2023, at approximately 9:35 a.m., an employee was clearing a piece of chicken jammed in a deboning machine. The employee's arm got caught in the machine, resulting in a laceration with muscle and tendon involvement. The employee was hospitalized.

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