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OSHA Injury Report: Rochelle Foods

Poisoning · Days away from work

On , a poisoning at Rochelle Foods in Rochelle, IL 61068 resulted in days away from work. Employee was smokehouse Operator in bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses.

Establishment
Rochelle Foods
Parent company
Hormel Foods
Street
1001 S. Main St.
City
Rochelle
State
IL
ZIP
61068
On-site location
Belly Cooler #10
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Poisoning (code 4)
Days away from work
180
Days restricted or transferred
13

Moving power pallet jack to cooler to get bellies

As employee was positioning power pallet he got his left foot caught between the power pallet jack and a post.

Left Foot Crush Injury With Multiple Fractures

Lack of employee awareness to surroundings power pallet jack and post.

Crush Injury Left Foot Power Pallet & Post

Job description
Smokehouse Operator
SOC code
51-3022 — Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
NAICS code
311612 — Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
848
Total hours worked
1719254
EIN
363889635
Establishment ID
605282
Employer case #
RFI-2023-0
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
21:00:00.000
Submitted
06FEB24:17:25:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.