# Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures at Smithfield Hog Production
> OSHA SIR `20241211370` · 12/9/2024 · GREEN CASTLE, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Leg(s)  unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
## Cause
- **Event:** Pedestrian struck by vehicle backing up in nonroadway area
- **Source:** Trucks  unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Hog Production
- **Location:** 22686 Ivan Drive, GREEN CASTLE, MISSOURI, 63544
- **NAICS:** 112210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was helping remove a dead animal from a barn. A truck was backing up to the barn to retrieve the body, and its lift platform pinned the employee's leg against the barn. The leg was severely lacerated and the employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

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