Sioux City, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp in 1000 Cunningham Dr, Sioux City, IA 51106 resulted in days away from work. Employee was lead Production in processed meats manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
- Parent company
- Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
- Street
- 1000 Cunningham Dr
- City
- Sioux City
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51106
- On-site location
- Prep 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
- Days restricted or transferred
- 150
Before the incident
Set up of the chicken needles.
What happened
EE states that she was doing set up in Prep 2 with the chicken needles. EE states that some of the needles are bent and do not go in the hole correctly. EE states that she has to stick her arm under and grab and pull out each bent needle to get them to go in correct hole. EE states while doing so [REDACTED] she feels she overextended herself and now has pain from right base of thumb up right arm into right side of neck. EE states she feels like she pulled something.
Injury or illness
Strain to right base of thumb right arm and right side of neck.
Object or substance involved
Chicken Needles
Summary line
Strain to right base of thumb right arm and right side of neck. Chicken Needles
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lead Production
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 311612: Processed meats manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 718
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 4,348,167
- EIN
- 362332471
- Establishment ID
- 1148552
- Employer case #
- 9700
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 04:30
- Time of incident
- 05:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-02-28
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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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