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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Smithfield Packaged Meats, LLC in Sioux Center, IA 51250 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was slicer Operator in bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was cleaning under the raised deck for line 5 with high pressure water.

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.

right eye contusion

Hose slipped from hand and nozzle on the end of a high-pressure water hose

right eye contusion Hose slipped from hand and nozzle on the end of a high-pressure water hose

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
Avg employees
418
Total hours worked
1008246
Establishment ID
1119518
Employer case #
4149
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
1:50:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:14:43:00

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