Peru, IN —
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods - Peru
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Smithfield Foods - Peru in Peru, IN 46970 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Technician in cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Smithfield Foods - Peru
- Parent company
- Smithfield
- Street
- 3311 S. St. Rd. 19
- City
- Peru
- State
- IN
- ZIP
- 46970
- On-site location
- MV1 finish side. Forming end
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Locking out the machine so he could remove the heater off the forming end.
What happened
The radius plate was stuck and the EE had to pull bucket out and flip it over to get radius plate out of the equipment. His finger was in a poor location and the punch pin for the film punctured his right middle and index fingers.
Injury or illness
Puncture laceration to right middle and index fingers.
Object or substance involved
punch pin
Summary line
Laceration to right middle finger and index finger from contact with the punching pin from the forming lift.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311612 — Cured meats (e.g., brined, dried, and salted) made from purchased carcasses
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 751
- Total hours worked
- 1158861
- Establishment ID
- 980635
- Employer case #
- 8016
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 22:27:00.000
- Time of incident
- 0:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 21FEB24:20:14:00
Source
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.