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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp in Sioux City, IA 51106 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mechanic in processed meats manufacturing.

Establishment
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
Parent company
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
Street
1000 Cunningham Dr
City
Sioux City
State
IA
ZIP
51106
On-site location
Maintenance shop - Forklift shop
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
179

Had placed the part on top of the Bench Press

EE was working inside the shop area where the Bench Press is located at. EE and another TM were attempting to remove the bearing from a motor rotor and as he has just placed the piece of equipment on the bench press the bearing slid off the rotor falling on top of his left foot.

fracture to the left foot when a motor bearing fell on the employee 's feet as he was using a bench press to remove from motor rotor.

Motor bearing

fracture to the left foot when a motor bearing fell on employees foots as he was using a bench press to remove from motor rotor. Motor bearing

Job description
Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
NAICS code
311612 — Processed meats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
663
Total hours worked
1242471
EIN
362332471
Establishment ID
1148552
Employer case #
3083
Date of incident
Shift started
14:30:00.000
Time of incident
21:29:00.000
Submitted
22FEB24:21:23:00

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.