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

Moving pallets by hand

Felt sharp pain to his stomach after trying to move a blue pallet across the floor.

Hernia

A blue CHEP pallet

[REDACTED] from manually moving a blue CHEP pallet.

Job description
Utility
SOC code
51-3022 — Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers
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 #
8314
Date of incident
Shift started
23:00:00.000
Time of incident
1:30:00.000
Submitted
21FEB24:20:21:00

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.