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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp in Tarheel, NC 28392 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was back Rib Saw Operator in pork Processing.

Establishment
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp
Parent company
Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
Street
15855 Highway 87 West
City
Tarheel
State
NC
ZIP
28392
On-site location
Conversion-Back rib trimming
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
13

EE states that he was trying to push his knife in to his scabbard when the tip of the knife came through the bottom and punctured his L palm.

EE was trying to push knife into scabbard and the point of the knife punctured L hand

Puncture to the L palm

Straight knife

Puncture to the L palm Straight knife

Job description
Back Rib Saw Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311611 — Pork Processing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
4015
Total hours worked
10820501
EIN
301010290
Establishment ID
1122211
Employer case #
4007
Date of incident
Shift started
15:15:00.000
Time of incident
15:15:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:16:20:00

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.