# Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds at Salem Prime Cuts
> OSHA SIR `2021032011` · 3/7/2021 · SALEM, CONNECTICUT
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Abdomen, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Puncture wounds, except gunshot wounds
## Cause
- **Event:** Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker
- **Source:** Knives, unspecified or n.e.c.
## Employer
- **Name:** Salem Prime Cuts
- **Location:** 12 New London Road, SALEM, CONNECTICUT, 06420
- **NAICS:** 445210
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was cutting meat with a knife when the knife slipped, resulting in a stab wound to the employee's abdomen that included a severed artery. 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*