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 slicer 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
- Under the raised deck of line 5 dumpers on the raw side
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was cleaning under the raised deck for line 5 with high pressure water.
What happened
EE was washing under the raised deck of RAW line 5 for sanitation. His grip on the hose slipped causing the hose to whip around and hit him under his R eye.
Injury or illness
right eye contusion
Object or substance involved
Hose slipped from hand and nozzle on the end of a high-pressure water hose
Summary line
right eye contusion Hose slipped from hand and nozzle on the end of a high-pressure water hose
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Slicer Operator
- SOC code
- 51-3022: Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
- 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 #
- 4149
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 23:00
- Time of incident
- 01:50
- 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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