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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods - Peru

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Smithfield Foods - Peru in Peru, IN 46970 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was belly Comber in cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses.

Establishment
Smithfield Foods - Peru
Parent company
Smithfield
Street
3311 S. St. Rd. 19
City
Peru
State
IN
ZIP
46970
On-site location
Converting Dept. by Lines 3 & 4
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

The employee was performing a task that he was not trained to do in converting (pushing trees).

Employee was moving a group of trees with his left arm only and a tree came off the rail and hit him in the mouth.

Laceration to upper lip

empty belly tree

Laceration to upper lip from pushing an empty belly tree off of the rail and causing it to fall down onto himself

Job description
Belly Comber
SOC code
51-3022 — Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
NAICS code
311612 — Cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
521
Total hours worked
1065288
Establishment ID
980635
Employer case #
20833
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
10:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27JAN26:21:22:00

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.