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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp in 1000 Cunningham Dr, Sioux City, IA 51106 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was laborer Material Handler in processed meats manufacturing.

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Parent company
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
Street
1000 Cunningham Dr
City
Sioux City
State
IA
ZIP
51106
On-site location
Hot meat room entrance
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

Manually pulling a rack

EE was pulling an empty rack out of the room. He stopped to release the air from a hot box door. When he started pulling the rack again [REDACTED] was pulling a rack of chicken into the room. Neither employee was looking back and the racks struck each other injuring EE 's left hand between the thumb and index finger.

laceration between his left thumb and index finger when the injured employee was pulling a rack and was struck by another employee handling another rack.

metal rack

Laceration between his left thumb and index finger when the injured employee was pulling a rack and was struck by another employee handling another rack. metal rack

Job description
Laborer Material Handler
SOC code
53-7062: Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311612: Processed meats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
663
Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
1,242,471
EIN
362332471
Establishment ID
1148552
Employer case #
2307
Date of incident
Shift started
14:50
Time of incident
15:53
Filing year
2023
Submitted to OSHA
2024-02-22

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