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 maintenance Technician 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
- Parts Building
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was looking for a part in the parts building.
What happened
The employee was recovering a part from a bin in the back of parts along [REDACTED]. The employee claimed to have bumped his eye into a belt protruding from a bin just above the one he was recovering an item from in the back of the parts building. This resulted in irritation of the left eye.
Injury or illness
EE reported irritation of the left eye
Object or substance involved
corner of a plastic bag that was covering a conveyor belt sitting on a parts shelf.
Summary line
EE reported irritation of the left eye from contact with a conveyor belt that was inside of a plastic bag while attempting to look for other items that were sitting on the parts shelf
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- 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 #
- 20826
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 21:00
- 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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