Sioux Falls, SD —
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods
Other illness · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an other illness at Smithfield Foods in Sioux Falls, SD 57103 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Labor New Hire 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
- Conversion
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 17
Before the incident
Using a whizard knife to trim loins.
What happened
The employee reports pain from shoulder down to her hand from the use of a whizard knife. The employee is using her non-dominant hand to operate the whizard knife.
Injury or illness
Left hand and arm; overuse injury
Object or substance involved
Whizard knife
Summary line
Left hand and arm; overuse injury [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- General Labor New Hire
- SOC code
- 53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
- 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 #
- 24680
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:55
- Time of incident
- 7:15
- 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.