Sioux Falls, SD · 2025-12-02

OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On 2025-12-02, an injury at Smithfield Foods in 1400 North Weber Ave., Sioux Falls, SD 57103 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was lay Up Boneless in pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants.

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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: Smoke Meat Pack

What was the outcome?

Outcome: Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type: Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred: 34

Before the incident

Removing boneless hams from trees and placing them on the conveyor on Line 4.

What happened

The employee bent down to adjust the stand and felt sudden pain in her low back

Injury or illness

Low back strain

Object or substance involved

stand

Summary line

Low back strain stand

Employee and industry

Job description: Lay Up Boneless
SOC code: 51-3021: Butchers and Meat Cutters
NAICS code: 311611: Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants
NAICS vintage: 2012
Employees at this establishment (2025 average): 3,136
Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total): 7,286,945
EIN: 362332471
Establishment ID: 73537
Employer case #: 24668

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2025-12-02
Shift started: 06:29
Time of incident: 07:45
Filing year: 2025
Submitted to OSHA: 2026-02-02

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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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