# Open wounds, unspecified at Sam's Club
> OSHA SIR `2020032438` · 3/14/2020 · MIDLAND, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Upper and lower limb(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Open wounds, unspecified
## Cause
- **Event:** Stabbing, cutting, slashing, piercing
- **Source:** Assailant, suspect, unspecified
- **Secondary source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Sam's Club
- **Location:** 1500 Tradewinds Blvd, MIDLAND, TEXAS, 79706
- **NAICS:** 452111
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An associate was stabbed while trying to save customers from a person with a knife. He was stabbed in the leg and suffered hand injuries that required surgery.

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