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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods Saint James

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Smithfield Foods Saint James in St. James, MN 56081 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Laborer I Packaging in processed meats manufacturing.

Establishment
Smithfield Foods Saint James
Parent company
Smithfield Foods
Street
820 11th St. North
City
St. James
State
MN
ZIP
56081
On-site location
lunchmaker 3 cracker loader
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
48

Employee came in to setup cracker loader

EE bent down to set-up the cracker loader on [REDACTED] and felt a pull in her right knee and upper back.

Strain to right knee and upper back

Twisting to reach components of the cracker loaded being setup

Strain to right knee and upper back Twisting to reach components of the cracker loaded being setup

Job description
General Laborer I Packaging
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311612 — Processed meats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
673
Total hours worked
1496082
EIN
362332471
Establishment ID
1092079
Employer case #
2397
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
Submitted
09FEB24:20:21:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.