# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Mount Sinai West
> OSHA SIR `2023076450` · 7/19/2023 · NEW YORK, NEW YORK
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Nonclassifiable
- **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:** Mount Sinai West
- **Location:** 1000 Tenth Avenue, NEW YORK, NEW YORK, 10019
- **NAICS:** 622110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An emergency medical technician (EMT) was transporting a patient in the back of an ambulance when the patient stabbed the EMT. The employee sustained multiple stab wounds, resulting in hospitalization.

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