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OSHA Injury Report: National Beef Packing Company

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at National Beef Packing Company in 1501 E. 8th Street, Liberal, KS 67901 resulted in days away from work. Employee was gutter in beef carcasses, half carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
National Beef Packing Company
Parent company
National Beef Packing Company
Street
1501 E. 8th Street
City
Liberal
State
KS
ZIP
67901
On-site location
3012a slaughter

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
11
Days restricted or transferred
23

Before the incident

gutting with knife

What happened

pushing down on a cows stomach with force

Injury or illness

rt. inguinal hernia

Object or substance involved

pushing down on stomach

Summary line

rt. inguinal hernia from using force to push stomach down

Employee and industry

Job description
gutter
SOC code
51-3023 — Slaughterers and Meat Packers
NAICS code
311611 — Beef carcasses, half carcasses, primal and sub-primal cuts, produced in slaughtering plants
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
3340
Total hours worked
6686329
Establishment ID
242569
Employer case #
26-25

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
12:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
20FEB26:14:28:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.