Sioux City, IA —
OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Iowa Pork
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Northwest Iowa Pork in Sioux City, IA 51111 resulted in days away from work. Employee was side Bone 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
- Final inspector position on production line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 28
- Days restricted or transferred
- 34
Before the incident
Lifting pieces of meat using knife in right hand hook in left hand and throwing them over the boat to the center of the conveyor belt
What happened
Lifting pieces of meat with knife and hook in right and left hands throwing them over the boat to the center of the conveyor belt felt pain left inguinal area into back.
Injury or illness
left inguinal hernia
Object or substance involved
pieces of meat- lifting and throwing over the boat to center of conveyor with knife in right hand hook in left hand
Summary line
Left inguinal hernia
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Side Bone
- SOC code
- 51-3021 — Butchers and Meat Cutters
- 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 #
- 10
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:30
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 19FEB2025:18:14:00
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.