| Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-24 | Monmouth | Il | Smithfield Foods | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
| On September 24, 2021, an employee was shackling the hind leg of a hog and placing it onto a rail. The employee went to hang the hook on the rail when a pusher came into contact with the hook and began sliding it down the rail. The employee's left index finger got pinched between the pusher and edge of the guard for the shackle rail, resulting in an amputation to the distal tip of the finger. | |||||
| 2021-06-09 | Monmouth | Il | Circle K | Hip(s) | Fall on same level |
| An employee fell while working at a counter. She suffered a broken left hip and was hospitalized, requiring surgery. | |||||
| 2021-03-01 | Monmouth | Il | Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. | Ankle(s) and leg(s) | Pedestrian vehicular incident, n.e.c. |
| 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. | |||||
| 2020-09-29 | Monmouth | Il | Smithfield Fresh Meats Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Slip without fall |
| On September 29, 2020, at approximately 1:45 a.m., an employee was visually inspecting a chain on top of the east scald cabinet of the kill floor when he slipped. To avoid a fall, he put his right hand down in the sprocket and chain. He was able to pull his hand free, but sustained two fractures to his middle finger, a fracture to his index finger and a laceration on the back of his hand that required surgery and hospitalization. | |||||
| 2020-09-26 | Monmouth | Il | Smithfield Farmland Corp | Fingertip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| At about 5:20 p.m. on September 26, 2020, an employee was on a table about 2 1/2 feet high, checking for a blockage in a metal chute that deposited sirloin onto an overhead conveyor. The employee fell, and their right little finger became lodged between the chute and a metal shield used to prevent product from falling off the conveyor. The fingertip was amputated at the last joint. | |||||
| 2020-05-20 | Monmouth | Illinois | Smithfield Farmland, Corp. | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| At about 2:50 p.m. on May 20, 2020, an employee was loading broth from a holding tank into a tanker trailer in an animal feed department. As the trailer became full, the employee began to remove the load hose from the trailer connection and was sprayed by the broth, suffering burns to the right arm, the torso, and the right side of the face. The employee was hospitalized. | |||||
| 2020-01-31 | Monmouth | Illinois | Smithfield Foods | Fingertip(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by other person |
| On January 31, 2020, at approximately 7:35 AM, the injured employee was inspecting carcasses for contamination on the pre-final rail while another employee was operating a handheld skinner on the opposite side of the carcass. The employee using the handheld skinner started to remove hair on the right side of the carcass at the same time that the injured employee reached to turn the carcass with the left hand. As the carcass was turned, the injured employee's left hand hit against the skinner, re | |||||
| 2019-03-14 | Monmouth | Illinois | Autozone #2559 | Hip(s) | Fall on same level, n.e.c. |
| At 1:28 p.m. on March 14, 2019, an employee was in the parking lot helping a customer check their battery. The employee lost his balance, partially due to high winds, and fell onto a concrete parking block. He was hospitalized, having suffered a broken right hip. | |||||
| 2018-09-25 | Monmouth Junction | New Jersey | Nuvida Plastic Technology | Multiple body parts | Contact with hot objects or substances |
| Two employees were trying to start up a plastics extruder after a maintenance shutdown. As they tried to resolve an overpressurization problem, molten plastic began spraying from the screen changer vents. Both employees suffered burns to the head, torso, and upper extremities. They were hospitalized. | |||||
| 2018-09-04 | Monmouth | Illinois | Smithfield Farmland, Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
| An employee was lubricating a shaft on a drum machine when the drum released onto the shaft, crushing and fracturing the employee's right index finger. The employee was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2018-07-19 | Monmouth | Illinois | Key Outdoor Inc. | Leg(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was repairing a billboard and fell approximately four feet to the ground, resulting in a broken left leg. | |||||
| 2017-04-20 | Monmouth | Illinois | MIDWESTERN PET FOODS, INC. | Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e) | Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part |
| An employee was guiding a forklift operator through the warehouse with a work platform when the work platform became caught on a pallet of animal food and slid off of the forks of the forklift and on top of the employee. The employee suffered a dislocated left shoulder and possible shoulder fracture. | |||||
| 2017-02-06 | Monmouth | Illinois | Smithfield Farmland, Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against object or equipment |
| An employee was clearing plastic from a packaging machine when his left index and middle fingers contacted the machine and were injured. He was hospitalized and had surgery. | |||||
| 2016-09-30 | Monmouth | Illinois | Smithfield Foods | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cutting loins with a saw when he made contact with the blade, suffering a laceration and fracture to his left thumb. He was hospitalized and required surgery. | |||||
| 2016-09-07 | Monmouth Junction | New Jersey | Nuvida Plastic Technology | Fingertip(s) | Struck against moving part of machinery or equipment |
| An employee was cleaning a jammed outlet pipe on the spin dryer and amputated a fingertip. | |||||
| 2015-12-10 | Monmouth | Illinois | Smithfield Farmland, Corp. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
| On December 10, 2015, around 3:15 pm, an employee walked from his work station to a work area where a co-worker was using hot water to wash a tooth roller while it was running. To warm up his hands, the injured employee put his hands under the hot water poured by his co-worker and the moving roller caught his glove, pinching a finger. He was admitted to the hospital for an avulsion injury on the right index finger. | |||||
| 2015-11-21 | Monmouth | Illinois | United States Postal Service | Hip(s) | Fall on same level due to slipping |
| A rural carrier delivering a parcel slipped and fell on the ice injuring his hip. | |||||
| 2015-08-27 | Monmouth | Illinois | Smithfield Foods | Upper arm(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
| An employee was trimming carcasses on the final rail trimming line with a straight knife. The carcass shifted, changing the position of the employee's knife, which resulted in a laceration to his left bicep. | |||||
| 2015-07-15 | Monmouth Junction | New Jersey | Alston Construction Company, LLC | Hip(s) | Other fall to lower level less than 6 feet |
| An employee was trying to access a tool box located on company pick-up truck by climbing the back bumper. His foot slipped and he fell to the ground injuring his hip. | |||||