# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Omaha Swift Beef Co.
> OSHA SIR `2024109707` · 10/18/2024 · OMAHA, NEBRASKA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), finger(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Omaha Swift Beef Co.
- **Location:** 3435 Edward Babe Gomez Ave., OMAHA, NEBRASKA, 68107
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cleaning twine from a dewatering paunch press when their left hand contacted the cleaning rod in the press and was lacerated.

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