Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Sanderson Farms, Inc. - Laurel Processing, 2535 Sanderson Drive, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI 39440
on — Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds, affecting the multiple trunk locations.
Final narrative
An employee stabbed the injured employee with a knife in the breakroom during an altercation. The injured employee sustained stab wounds to their chest and abdomen.
HospitalizedMultiple trunk locationsCo-worker or work associate of injured or ill worker, unspecified
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