St. Charles, IL —
OSHA Injury Report: Smithfield Inc.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Helping replace bearings on a motor
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Pulled muscle in his lower right side back
Object or substance involved
lifting a motor
Summary line
Pulled muscle in his lower right side back from lifting a motor
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 14:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 23FEB24:19:32:00
Source
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.