Sioux Center, IA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC in 251 15th St NE, Sioux Center, IA 51250 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was packaging Operator in bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC
- Parent company
- Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC
- Street
- 251 15th St NE
- City
- Sioux Center
- State
- IA
- ZIP
- 51250
- On-site location
- RTE Line 1 CP
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
EE was working on [REDACTED] fixing pouches. EE noticed that the plastic roll was jamming up the chain of the CP machine and went to fix the jam while the machine was still running. EE then proceeded to cut the plastic with his yellow knife and noticed that plastic was still remaining on the chain. EE then tried to get the remaining plastic off with his R hand. As EE reached inside the belt EE R hand got caught in the chain. EE quickly removed his hand causing a laceration to his R hand second digit.
What happened
EE lacerated his R hand second digit while un jaming plastic off the Line 1 RTE CP chain.
Injury or illness
Laceration of R hand second digit.
Object or substance involved
Hose slipped from hand and nozzle on the end of a high-pressure water hose
Summary line
Laceration of R hand second digit. reaching inside belt of Line 1 CP chain.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packaging Operator
- 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 #
- 3952
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 04:21
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-13
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Source
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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