2,042,423Injury reports 130,778Establishments Most recent incident 2025-12-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

OSHA Injury Report: Cudahy Packaged

Respiratory condition · Other recordable case

On , a respiratory condition at Cudahy Packaged in Cudahy, WI 53110 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was a Progression Months in bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses.

Establishment
Cudahy Packaged
Parent company
Smithfield Foods Packaged Meats Corp.
Street
1 Sweet Applewood Lane
City
Cudahy
State
WI
ZIP
53110
On-site location
Building M, 4th floor of refinery at the industrial filter
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Respiratory condition (code 3)

Shortly after [REDACTED] [REDACTED] responded to a call of smoke in the refinery. When walking into the room he grabbed a fire extinguisher and assisted to extinguish the filter In the process the employee inhaled some some of the powder from the fire extinguisher and began coughing.

employee inhaled smoke and powder from ABC fire extinguisher

Lung irritation due to exposure to fire extinguisher dry chemical

ABC dry chemical ammonium phosphate

Lung irritation due to exposure to fire extinguisher dry chemical ABC dry chemical ammonium phosphate

Job description
A Progression Months
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
311612 — Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
1022
Total hours worked
2070019
EIN
362332471
Establishment ID
73189
Employer case #
15719
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00
Time of incident
7:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
05MAR26:21:35:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.