# Cuts, lacerations at Trim-Rite Food Corporation
> OSHA SIR `2016043520` · 4/28/2016 · CARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Arm(s), unspecified
- **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:** Trim-Rite Food Corporation
- **Location:** 801 Commerce Pkwy., CARPENTERSVILLE, ILLINOIS, 60110
- **NAICS:** 424470
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On April 28, 2016, at approximately 8:22 a.m., an employee was using a butchering knife to remove the inner and outer shank from a ham. While she was manually turning the meat, the knife came in contact with her left arm above her personal protective equipment, causing a deep laceration and puncture injury.

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