Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker · Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Smithfield Foods, 2228 Industrial Rd, CRETE, NEBRASKA 68333
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders.
Final narrative
An employee was cutting meat with a handheld knife when the knife slipped off the meat and struck his abdomen, resulting in a cut to his intestine.
HospitalizedAbdomen, except internal location of diseases or disordersKnives, unspecified or n.e.c.
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