Sioux City, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Iowa Pork
Other illness · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an other illness at Northwest Iowa Pork in Sioux City, IA 51111 resulted in days away from work. Employee was final Inspector in pork, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Northwest Iowa Pork
- Parent company
- Itoham America
- Street
- 2640 Murray Street
- City
- Sioux City
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51111
- On-site location
- Production Line at Final Inspector
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days away from work
- 44
- Days restricted or transferred
- 180
Before the incident
Cutting meat and flipping meat throwing pieces of meat over the boat to center of conveyor with knife in right hand hook in left hand
What happened
Developed pain right shoulder Flipping meat and throwing pieces of meat over the boat to center of conveyor with knife in right hand
Injury or illness
Rotator cuff tear right shoulder
Object or substance involved
Flipping and throwing meat
Summary line
Rotator cuff tear right shoulder from cutting meat flipping meat and throwing over the boat using knife right hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Final Inspector
- SOC code
- 51-9061 — Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
- NAICS code
- 311612 — Pork, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 98
- Total hours worked
- 231800
- EIN
- 942233504
- Establishment ID
- 156452
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 12FEB2025:18:41:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.