WICHITA, KANSAS—
Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
Other fall to lower level, unspecified · Fractures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury at Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp, 2323 South Sheridan Street, WICHITA, KANSAS 67213 on — Fractures, affecting the wrist(s).
Final narrative
An employee was moving a supply cart when she fell to the concrete floor, suffering a wrist fracture that required surgery to install a plate.
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