Fractures

Name: Fractures at Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.
Start: 2/5/2025

1 hospitalization · 2025021152 · 2/5/2025 · Smithfield Packaged 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 struck by vehicle in nonroadway area unspecified
Source: Pallet jack riding
Secondary source: Secondary source not applicable

Employer

Name: Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp.
Location: 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
NAICS: 311611
Jurisdiction: 1

Narrative

An employee was retrieving empty boxes from a storage area while a pallet jack was loading a tote onto a tote scale. The pallet jack pinched the employee's leg between the tote and an angle iron mounted to the floor. The employee sustained a fractured tibia and ankle.

Source

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