# Cuts, lacerations at National Beef Packing Co LLC
> OSHA SIR `20171010133` · 10/22/2017 · LIBERAL, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Cuts, lacerations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment
- **Source:** Butchering machinery
## Employer
- **Name:** National Beef Packing Co LLC
- **Location:** 1501 E 8th St, LIBERAL, KANSAS, 67905
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat when his hand guard (made out of stainless steel) hit the blade of the electrical saw. He received a laceration to his right index finger.

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