Fractures

Name: Fractures at Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
Start: 3/1/2021

1 hospitalization · 2021031860 · 3/1/2021 · Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.

Severity

Hospitalized: 1
Amputation: 0
Loss of eye: 0
Body part: Ankle(s) and leg(s), n.e.c.
Nature of injury: Fractures

Cause

Event: Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c.
Source: Pallet jack-powered
Secondary source: Skids, pallets

Employer

Name: Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp.
Location: 1220 N 6th St, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS, 61462
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

On March 1, 2021, an employee was retrieving a plastic spacer used to separate rows of boxes on a pallet. A floor jack bumped into a nearby stack of pallets, and a pallet struck the employee. The employee suffered fractures to the lower leg and ankle and was hospitalized, requiring surgery.

Source

Authoritative: OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown