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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 webber 406 slicer
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
87

Employee was stripping logs to be placed in the slicer.

EE was placing logs into the slicer on [REDACTED] attempting to hold in place while gripper was closing and pinched his right pinky finger.

Cut laceration puncture.

Gripper that closes on the meat piercing the meat to hold the meat in place during slicing.

Cut laceration puncture. Gripper that closes on the meat piercing the meat to hold the meat in place during slicing.

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 #
3724
Date of incident
Shift started
5:26:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
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.