# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Whole Foods Market
> OSHA SIR `2024065845` · 6/29/2024 · BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Exterior and musculoskeletal structures of the neck
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing by other person
- **Source:** Co-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Box cutters, razor knives
## Employer
- **Name:** Whole Foods Market
- **Location:** 348 Harrison Ave, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, 02118
- **NAICS:** 445110
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was conducting a team member consultation. The team member assaulted the employee with a box cutter. The employee sustained a laceration to his neck that required hospitalization.

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