# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at True West Beef
> OSHA SIR `2024088073` · 8/30/2024 · JEROME, IDAHO
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Forearm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  irregular movement, kick back
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** True West Beef
- **Location:** 6026 U.S. 93, JEROME, IDAHO, 83338
- **NAICS:** 311613
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

The injured employee was training two new employees on using circular and reciprocating saws to cut beef. The saw kicked back and lacerated the injured employee before it automatically stopped, resulting in a laceration to an artery in their forearm.

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