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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #20251010235

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 Event Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation Source Banding, baling, strapping machinery

An employee was using a box strapping machine to place straps on boxes when his right middle finger was caught in the machine, resulting in an open fracture to the…
Fractures Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized
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ST CHARLES, ILLINOIS— ·SIR #20251010216

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corporation

NAICS311612 Event Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation Source Meat grinders

An employee was operating a small tabletop grinder in a food safety quality assurance lab. She was stuffing meat down the grinder's chute when the grinder caught her right…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized Amputation
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WICHITA, KANSAS— ·SIR #2025077052

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311612 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.

An employee was tearing down a sausage-linking machine as part of a weekly pipe clean out. As the meat piled up on the machine, he went to clean the…
Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss Other finger(s) n.e.c. Amputation
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #2025066262

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 Event Struck by suspended or swinging objects n.e.c. Source Hooks, shackles, magnets, clamshells

An employee was applying spreader hooks to hogs. A hog fell from the hook that he was holding upright and the hook lacerated a tendon in his left hand. The…
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Hand(s), finger(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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WICHITA, KANSAS— ·SIR #2025065899

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

NAICS311612 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Packaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

An employee was operating a packaging machine and went to unjam some plastic. Her left hand contacted the cutting blades resulting in a partial amputation to the middle fingertip. A…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA— ·SIR #2025021715

Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.

NAICS311611 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.

An employee was operating a hot dog peeler. They went to remove a casing and their left middle finger struck the wheels of the peel, resulting in a fracture and…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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CUMMING, GEORGIA— ·SIR #2025010991

Smithfield Foods Inc.

NAICS311999 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Food and beverage processing machinery unspecified

An employee was putting a pipe back together and was setting up equipment prior to start of production. The air valve was turned on and the employee's left thumb…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Thumb(s) Amputation
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CUMMING, GEORGIA— ·SIR #2024109779

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311999 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Meat grinders

An employee was clearing a meat blockage from an auger and amputated his right index finger. The machine was guarded but not locked out/tagged out at the time.
Amputations involving bone loss Other finger(s) n.e.c. Amputation
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CINCINNATI, OHIO— ·SIR #2024109406

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311615 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.

An employee was changing plates in a forming press. The machine cycled and crushed her right arm, fracturing it.
Fractures Arm(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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MILAN, MISSOURI— ·SIR #2024087586

SMITHFIELD FOODS INC

NAICS311991 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Food and beverage processing machinery unspecified

An employee was replacing a roller on a belt press. They were pushing the roller when it fell out of alignment and crushed their left hand resulting in partial amputation…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Other finger(s) n.e.c. Amputation
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #2024076782

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311612 Event Injured by object held or wielded by person Source Knives

An employee was using a knife in his right hand to cut a hog carcass on a rail. The knife lacerated his left arm. The employee was hospitalized for surgery.
Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures Arm(s) unspecified Hospitalized
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #2024065287

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 Event Caught, entangled in running powered equipment normal operation Source Butchering machinery

An employee was working on the intestine-processing machine in the casing department. He was using a hook to remove casings from the machine when his left middle finger contacted…
Amputations, avulsions, enucleations unspecified Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized Amputation
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CUMMING, GEORGIA— ·SIR #2024053845

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311999 Event Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing Source Food and beverage processing machinery n.e.c.

An employee was installing a plate into a food forming machine when the plate slipped and crushed his right ring finger between the plate and the frame, resulting in a…
Avulsions, enucleations without bone loss Finger or thumb tip(s), nail(s) Amputation
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #2024043657

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 Event Fall on same level resulting in exposure or contact Source Portable ladders and stairs unspecified

An employee was standing on a ladder while degreasing the main chain sprocket overhead at the final rail. As they were wiping grease off the sprocket, they lost balance and…
Amputations involving bone loss Other finger(s) n.e.c. Hospitalized Amputation
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #2024042926

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 Event Contact with hot objects or substances Source Water, liquids nonchemical

An employee was conducting a pre-operational inspection on the stomach washer. When he opened the door, hot water sprayed onto the right side of his body causing first- and…
Thermal burns second degree Multiple body parts n.e.c. Hospitalized
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SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA— ·SIR #2024032753

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

NAICS311611 Event Inhalation of harmful substance single episode or single shift Source Ammonia, ammonium compounds

An employee was working in the prepack department in the chorizo area when a contractor performing work in the area cut into an anhydrous ammonia line. The employee inhaled ammonia…
Effects of poison, toxic, or allergenic exposure unspecified BODY SYSTEMS Hospitalized
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #20231110781

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 EventPart of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident SourcePallet jack-powered

An employee was operating a pallet jack when their lower right leg was pinned between the pallet jack and a metal bumper surrounding the base of a pillar. The employee…
Fractures Lower leg(s) Hospitalized
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #2023098220

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 EventExposure through intact skin, eyes, or other exposed tissue SourceSodium and potassium hydroxide, potassium carbonate

An employee was mixing a solution of caustic soda and water in a large tank/container when the solution splashed onto him. The employee sustained first-degree chemical burns to…
First degree chemical burns and corrosions Multiple body parts, n.e.c. Hospitalized
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #2023054197

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceBottling, canning, filling machinery

An employee was unjamming product from a casings machine when he contacted the chain and sprocket; his left middle finger was partially amputated.
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Amputation
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SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA— ·SIR #2023043351

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

NAICS311611 EventFall on same level due to tripping over an object SourceFloor, n.e.c.

An employee was working in the smoked meats department operating a machine that clips and holds the ham before smoking. A tote used to catch bindery emulsion from the machine…
Fractures Thigh(s) Hospitalized
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CINCINNATI, OHIO— ·SIR #2023032230

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311991 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourceConveyors-powered, unspecified

An employee was unjamming a conveyor drive sprocket when their right middle finger was caught in the chain, resulting in amputation of the fingertip. The machine was not locked out…
Amputations Fingertip(s) Amputation
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CRETE, NEBRASKA— ·SIR #2023021076

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311611 EventPart of occupant s body caught between vehicle and other object in nonroadway transport incident SourcePallet jack-powered

An employee was moving a rider-style pallet jack. He was pinned between the rider platform and a guardrail, suffering a broken left leg that required surgery and hospitalization.
Fractures Leg(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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JUNCTION CITY, KANSAS— ·SIR #20221211262

Smithfield Foods

NAICS311991 EventCaught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning SourcePackaging, wrapping, bundling machinery

An employee was clearing a jam of packaging material on a packaging machine. The crosscut blades inside the machine activated and contacted his left hand, causing partial amputations to his…
Amputations Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Hospitalized Amputation
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SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA— ·SIR #20221211194

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

NAICS311611 EventFall on same level due to tripping on uneven surface SourceParking lot irregularity

An employee tripped on uneven asphalt in a parking lot, suffered an injury to the right hip, and was hospitalized.
Soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury Hip(s) Hospitalized
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MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS— ·SIR #20221210680

Smithfield Foods, Inc.

NAICS424470 EventContact with hot objects or substances SourceBelts, gloves, neckties, scarves

On December 8, 2022, while hanging hog stomachs and inverting them before packaging, an employee developed pain in the right thumb. The employee was hospitalized, having suffered inadequate blood flow…
Nonspecified injuries and disorders, n.e.c. Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified Hospitalized
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