# Cuts, lacerations at Smithfield Foods
> OSHA SIR `2015086196` · 8/27/2015 · MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper arm(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods
- **Location:** 1220 N 6th Street, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, 61462
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was trimming carcasses on the final rail trimming line with a straight knife. The carcass shifted, changing the position of the employee's knife, which resulted in a laceration to his left bicep.

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