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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 rack Wash Material Handler 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
Cook House
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
6
Days restricted or transferred
113

Stretching

While doing stretching exercises she felt pop in her knee

Medial meniscus tear of the left knee. Mild right achilles tendinitis secondary to gait changes from medial meniscus tear of the left knee.

No object happened during morning stretch

Medial meniscus tear of the left knee. Mild right achilles tendinitis secondary to gait changes from medial meniscus tear of the left knee. No object happened during morning stretch

Job description
Rack Wash Material Handler
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311612 — Processed meats manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
663
Total hours worked
1242471
EIN
362332471
Establishment ID
1148552
Employer case #
8002
Date of incident
Shift started
6:20:00.000
Time of incident
6:20:00.000
Submitted
22FEB24:21:50:00

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.