Denison, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Smithfield in 800 Industrial Drive, Denison, IA 51442 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was chisel Heads and Feed Jaw Breaker in pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smithfield
- Parent company
- Smithfield
- Street
- 800 Industrial Drive
- City
- Denison
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51442
- On-site location
- Harvest
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 57
Before the incident
Employee was chiseling heads.
What happened
Employee twisted while pulling back with the chisel and felt pain in his back.
Injury or illness
Back pain.
Object or substance involved
Twisting.
Summary line
Back pain from twisting.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Chisel Heads and Feed Jaw Breaker
- SOC code
- 51-3022: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- NAICS code
- 311611: Pork carcasses, half carcasses, and primal and sub-primal cuts produced in slaughtering plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 1,042
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 2,555,010
- Establishment ID
- 1502043
- Employer case #
- 24969
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 06:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-25
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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