# Fractures at Smithfield Foods, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2023043351` · 4/14/2023 · SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Thigh(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Fall on same level due to tripping over an object
- **Source:** Floor, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Boxes, crates, cartons
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Foods, Inc.
- **Location:** 1400 North Weber Avenue, SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA, 57103
- **NAICS:** 311611
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was working in the smoked meats department operating a machine that clips and holds the ham before smoking. A tote used to catch bindery emulsion from the machine was full and moved out from under the workstation. The employee later tripped over the tote and fell to the floor, sustaining a left femur fracture that required hospitalization and surgery.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*