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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 miscellaneous labor 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
Kill Floor
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Employee was reaching for an ear so he could cut.

Employee poked himself at the base of his left thumb with a knife after the carcass passing by hit him.

Poke wound to base of left thumb

From knife.

Poke wound to base of left thumb from knife.

Job description
Miscellaneous labor
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
2022
Avg employees
1042
Total hours worked
2555010
Establishment ID
1502043
Employer case #
24404
Date of incident
Shift started
6:22
Time of incident
13:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:13:22:00

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.