Peru, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods - Peru
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Smithfield Foods - Peru in 3311 S. St. Rd. 19, Peru, IN 46970 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sanitation in cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smithfield Foods - Peru
- Parent company
- Smithfield
- Street
- 3311 S. St. Rd. 19
- City
- Peru
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46970
- On-site location
- Oven 8
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 59
Before the incident
EE was completing sanitarian duties
What happened
EE was trying to pull the drip pan out from under the flashing on oven 8 when it fell and pinched his finger between the pan and the framework.
Injury or illness
laceration to the right pinky finger and fracture to distal phalanx
Object or substance involved
pinching finger between Oven 8 Flashing Drip Pan and Framework.
Summary line
Laceration to the right pinky finger and fracture to distal phalanx from pinching finger between Oven 8 flashing drip pan and framework.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation
- SOC code
- 51-3022: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- NAICS code
- 311612: Cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 601
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,193,194
- Establishment ID
- 980635
- Employer case #
- 12582
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 03:10
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-03
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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