# Cuts, lacerations at Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2017109900` · 10/14/2017 · AMARILLO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(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:** Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc.
- **Location:** 5000 FM 1912, AMARILLO, TEXAS, 79108
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was using a knife to gut a carcass. The knife slipped and lacerated his knee. The employee was hospitalized.

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