# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2024076782` · 7/26/2024 · CRETE, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s)  unspecified
- **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:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 2223 Industrial Road, CRETE, NEBRASKA, 68333
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a knife in his right hand to cut a hog carcass on a rail. The knife lacerated his left arm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.

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