CRETE, NEBRASKA · 2023-11-22
Smithfield Foods
Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at Smithfield Foods , 2223 Industrial Road, CRETE, NEBRASKA 68333
on 2023-11-22 , Fractures, affecting the lower leg(s).
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Final narrative
An employee was operating a pallet jack when their lower right leg was pinned between the pallet jack and a metal bumper surrounding the base of a pillar. The employee's leg was fractured.
Hospitalized
Lower leg(s)
Pallet jack-powered
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Record
OSHA ID 20231110781
Date 2023-11-22
Location 2223 Industrial Road, CRETE, NEBRASKA 68333
NAICS 311611
Inspection 1713430
Injury Fractures
Body part Lower leg(s)
Event Part of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident
Source Pallet jack-powered