Sioux Falls, SD —
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls, SD 57103 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was utility Grade in pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smithfield Foods
- Parent company
- SMITHFIELD FOODS
- Street
- 1400 North Weber Ave.
- City
- Sioux Falls
- State
- SD
- ZIP
- 57103
- On-site location
- Hog Kill
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Splitting hogs with a manual back saw on the harvest floor.
What happened
The employee stopped using the back saw and reached over to talk with another worker. When he turned back around he hit his right elbow on the back saw blade that was not running at the time.
Injury or illness
Right elbow laceration
Object or substance involved
back saw blade
Summary line
Right elbow laceration back saw blade
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Utility Grade
- SOC code
- 53-7199 — Material Moving Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311611 — Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 3136
- Total hours worked
- 7286945
- EIN
- 362332471
- Establishment ID
- 73537
- Employer case #
- 24573
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:17
- Time of incident
- 13:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02FEB26:20:54:00
Source
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.