# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at PECO Foods Inc
> OSHA SIR `2015021136` · 2/4/2015 · TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Eye(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** PECO Foods Inc
- **Location:** 3701 Kauloosa Avenue, TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA, 35401
- **NAICS:** 311615
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Employee was cutting chicken at his work station on the deboning line. The chicken slipped to the floor, and the employee reached to pick it up with knife still in hand. The employee punctured his eye with the knife while picking the chicken up toward himself and required hospitalization.

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