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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Smithfield in Denison, IA 51442 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance in pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants.

Establishment
Smithfield
Parent company
Smithfield
Street
800 Industrial Drive
City
Denison
State
IA
ZIP
51442
On-site location
Cut Floor Deboflex Picnic Skinner
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
72

Employee was lowering a roller into place.

Employee put his hand down too far while putting in the roller and touched left hand ring finger on skinner blade.

1 jagged laceration across left hand ring finger PIP (middle) joint.

Touching blade.

1 jagged laceration across LT hand ring finger PIP (Middle joint from touching blade)

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311611 — Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1042
Total hours worked
2555010
Establishment ID
1502043
Employer case #
23990
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:25
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:13:19:00

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.