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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods Denison IA

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Smithfield Foods Denison IA in Denison, IA 51442 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was trim Ear Bases in meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants.

Establishment
Smithfield Foods Denison IA
Parent company
Hog Production
Street
800 industrial Drive
City
Denison
State
IA
ZIP
51442
On-site location
Harvest- pet food room
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
6

Moving ears along table to be trimmed.

EE bumped his cuticle LT index finger and it opened up.

Infection of cuticle LT index finger

bumping the table

Infection of cuticle LT index finger bumping the table

Job description
Trim Ear Bases
SOC code
51-3022 — Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
NAICS code
311611 — Meats fresh, chilled or frozen (except poultry and small game), produced in slaughtering plants
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1135
Total hours worked
2805755
Establishment ID
972166
Employer case #
4985
Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
10:10:00.000
Submitted
19FEB24:20:08:00

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.