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OSHA Injury Report: Springfield, MA

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Springfield, MA in Springfield, MA 01104 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was line Technician in processed meats manufacturing.

Establishment
Springfield, MA
Parent company
Smithfield Foods, Inc.
Street
20 Carando Drive
City
Springfield
State
MA
ZIP
01104
On-site location
Pack Room
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

The employee was removing an empty pallet from the top of a full pallet of boxes. While doing so she tripped backward on a green band that holds the pallets together. She fell onto her back and the empty pallet that she was moving fell on top of her.

Back and cervical strain due being struck by pallet.

She had a strain to the back of her heel and pain in her back.

Pallet

Back and neck strain from fall over pallet

Job description
Line Technician
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311612 — Processed meats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
169
Total hours worked
388318
Establishment ID
1122619
Employer case #
2309
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
19:40:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:17:49:00

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.