# Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels at MIDWEST MATERIALS COMPANY
> OSHA SIR `2024032192` · 3/11/2024 · CARTHAGE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Stomach organ
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds involving internal organs, major blood vessels
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object dropped by person
- **Source:** Knives
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** MIDWEST MATERIALS COMPANY
- **Location:** 1331 Civil War Rd, CARTHAGE, MISSOURI, 64836
- **NAICS:** 238290
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee dropped a knife and sustained a stab wound to the stomach as he went to catch it.

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