# Fractures at Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
> OSHA SIR `2023098510` · 9/14/2023 · WICHITA, KANSAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Foot (feet), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Racks-garment and other
- **Secondary source:** Material and personnel handling machinery, unspecified
## Employer
- **Name:** Smithfield Packaged Meats Corp
- **Location:** 2323 South Sheridan Street, WICHITA, KANSAS, 67213
- **NAICS:** 311612
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was moving a metal product rack on an overhead rail when a malfunctioning rail switch caused the rack to fall off the rail. The rack struck the employee's right foot, resulting in a fractured metatarsal.

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