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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Foods - Peru

Injury · Other recordable case

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.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Locking out the machine so he could remove the heater off the forming end.

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.

Puncture laceration to right middle and index fingers.

punch pin

Laceration to right middle finger and index finger from contact with the punching pin from the forming lift.

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
Date of incident
Shift started
22:27:00.000
Time of incident
0:00:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:20:14:00

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.