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OSHA Injury Report: Northwest Iowa Pork

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Northwest Iowa Pork in 2640 Murray Street, Sioux City, IA 51111 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was packaging in pork, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Northwest Iowa Pork
Parent company
Itoham America
Street
2640 Murray Street
City
Sioux City
State
IA
ZIP
51111
On-site location
Scale on packaging line

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
22

Before the incident

Filling bag with meat then cuts off meat at horn when bag is filled and slides bag onto scale

What happened

Turning bag with meat in it to cut off at horn and to put on the scale had pain and swelling right wrist

Injury or illness

Right wrist sprain synovitis

Object or substance involved

Bag of meat- turning the bag

Summary line

Sprain synovitis right wrist from cutting off meat at horn putting bag on scale

Employee and industry

Job description
Packaging
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
311612 — Pork, primal and sub-primal cuts, made from purchased carcasses
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
98
Total hours worked
231800
EIN
942233504
Establishment ID
156452
Employer case #
6

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30
Time of incident
16:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
17FEB2025:16:33:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.