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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Smithfield Inc. in St. Charles, IL 60174 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operate Special High Lift in bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses.

Establishment
Smithfield Inc.
Parent company
Smithfield Foods Inc.
Street
410 Kirk Road
City
St. Charles
State
IL
ZIP
60174
On-site location
Plant 1 Aging-By dry Chamber 30 Section A
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
7

The employee was adjusting sticks on the forklift attachment

EE was adjusting the sticks on the lower level at waist height. He was using two hands to adjust from side to side. He also pulled the stick towards him. After he did this he felt pain in his right shoulder.

ight Shoulder sprain strai

Hanging stick of meat

Right Shoulder sprain strain from Hanging stick of meat

Job description
Operate Special High Lift
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311612 — Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
497
Total hours worked
1244430
EIN
362332471
Establishment ID
880338
Employer case #
3041
Date of incident
Shift started
4:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:40:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:19:04:00

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.