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OSHA Injury Report: Swift Pork Company Beardstown

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

On , an other illness at Swift Pork Company Beardstown in Beardstown, IL 62618 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was gENERAL LABORER in pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants.

Establishment
Swift Pork Company Beardstown
Parent company
Swift Pork Company Beardstown
Street
8295 Arenzville Rd.
City
Beardstown
State
IL
ZIP
62618
On-site location
1st/loin/trim belly
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
56

doing the job of trim bellies

using the knife constantly in my right hand when doing the movement I feel a stabbing pain suddenly and I feel more pain when I am not doing the movement the pain is more intense in the morning when I wake up. BB sized nodule noted to base of right pinky finger pain with palpation in the morning unable to fully close finger.

BB sized nodule noted to base of right pinky finger pain with palpation LROM upon wakening in the AM.

repetitive motion with straight knife and hook

BB sized nodule noted to base of right pinky finger pain with palpation LROM upon wakening in the AM. repetitive motion with straight knife and hook

Job description
GENERAL LABORER
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311611 — Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
2070
Total hours worked
4493811
EIN
201413756
Establishment ID
1435075
Employer case #
149683
Date of incident
Shift started
6:15
Time of incident
11:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
21JAN26:16:31:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.