# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Ohio Farms Packing Co. LTD
> OSHA SIR `2024032018` · 3/5/2024 · CRESTON, OHIO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by object held or wielded by person
- **Source:** Knives
- **Secondary source:** Animal carcass
## Employer
- **Name:** Ohio Farms Packing Co. LTD
- **Location:** 2416 East West Salem Rd, CRESTON, OHIO, 44217
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Two employees were working on a meat trimming harvesting line working on the same calf carcass when one employee moved the carcass to start working on the next one. The carcass struck the right arm of the injured employee causing the five-inch curved knife he was holding to cut through his left forearm.

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