# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs
> OSHA SIR `2015031473` · 3/25/2015 · FORT THOMPSON, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Person, other than injured or ill worker, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Department of the Interior - Bureau of Indian Affairs
- **Location:** 100 Samboy Drive, FORT THOMPSON, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57339
- **NAICS:** 921190
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was stabbed in the back with a 4-inch knife and was hospitalized.

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