Peru, IN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods - Peru
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Smithfield Foods - Peru in 3311 S. St. Rd. 19, Peru, IN 46970 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was general Labor in cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smithfield Foods - Peru
- Parent company
- Smithfield
- Street
- 3311 S. St. Rd. 19
- City
- Peru
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46970
- On-site location
- Belly Sizing Lowerator at TrimX 2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Decombing Dehanging bellies from [REDACTED] on [REDACTED] line 2.
What happened
Employee was attempting to lower a partially empty tree down with the lowerator and did not have the tree aligned in the correct position before lowering. Due to this the tree rolled slightly to one side on the rail and came off the rail falling to the ground and striking the employee 's forearms
Injury or illness
Swelling and bruising to left and right forearms just above the wrists
Object or substance involved
Falling partially full belly tree
Summary line
Swelling and bruising to left and right forearms just above the wrists from contact with falling tree off lowerator.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Labor
- SOC code
- 53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- NAICS code
- 311612: Cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 521
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 1,065,288
- Establishment ID
- 980635
- Employer case #
- 19936
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 18:35
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-01-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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