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OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Inc.

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Smithfield Inc. in St. Charles, IL 60174 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was senior Mechanic 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 Boiler Room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Helping replace bearings on a motor

While replacing bearings on a motor he lifted up the end of the shaft to be able to allow another employee to position the housing. While he was holding up the shaft we shifted one of his feet and felt an immediate pain in his back

Pulled muscle in his lower right side back

lifting a motor

Pulled muscle in his lower right side back from lifting a motor

Job description
Senior Mechanic
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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 #
7896
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:45:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:19:32:00

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.