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OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Iowa Pork

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Northwest Iowa Pork in Sioux City, IA 51111 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was final Inspector in pork, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses.

Establishment
Northwest Iowa Pork
Parent company
Itoham America
Street
2640 Murray Street
City
Sioux City
State
IA
ZIP
51111
On-site location
Line at Final Inspector
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
71

Pull meat to cutting board flip picnic with knife in right hand hook in left hand to inspect the picnic.

pulling meat to cutting board and flipping picnic with knife in right hand hook in left hand had pain in right wrist and numbness in finger.

Carpal tunnel syndrome right wrist acute exacerbation overuse condition

Picnic- flipping with knife

CTS right wrist acute exacerbation overuse condition from flipping picnics

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 #
5
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17FEB2025:16:27:00

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.