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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC in 251 15th St NE, Sioux Center, IA 51250 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was packer in bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses.

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Parent company
Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC
Street
251 15th St NE
City
Sioux Center
State
IA
ZIP
51250
On-site location
RTE Packoff Line 5
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
42

EE was stacking boxes over in line 2 RTE pack off.

EE was grabbing boxes off the pallet in the RTE pack off when he felt a pop in his R shoulder. EE continued working until he began feeling pain in his R shoulder.

Strain to R shoulder

lifting empty cardboard boxes in pack off Line 5

Strain to R shoulder lifting empty cardboard boxes in pack off Line 5

Job description
Packer
SOC code
51-9111: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311612: Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses
NAICS vintage
2022
Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
418
Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
1,008,246
Establishment ID
1119518
Employer case #
2619
Date of incident
Shift started
07:00
Time of incident
09:00
Filing year
2023
Submitted to OSHA
2024-02-13

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Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.

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