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SMITHFIELD PACKAGE MEAT CORP.
$6,745
penalties
2
viol.
3
insp.

SMITHFIELD PACKAGE MEAT CORP.

1000 CUNNINGHAM DR, SIOUX CITY, IA 51106NAICS 311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

Inspections
3
May 2019 to Sep 2019 · 3 safety, 0 health
Violations
2
across 3 inspections
Penalties on record
$6,745
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 0Willful 0Repeat 0Other 2

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Inspection records

Sep 17, 2019Complaint (B) · Partial scope, Safety#344322425$1,0631 viol.

Inspection #344322425

Dates

Opened
Sep 17, 2019
Closing Conference Date
Sep 17, 2019
Final Order
Dec 3, 2019
Closed
Dec 31, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
630
Related Activity
1 complaint

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$1,063
Penalties on Record
$1,063
Site Address
1000 Cunningham Drive, Sioux City, IA 51106
Industry
311612 Meat Processed from Carcasses

Complaint Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a complaint inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. OSHA can open complaint-driven inspections after receiving safety or health complaints from workers or their representatives.

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011904.31
Covered employees
OSHA citation code: 19040031 A
Other11$1,063$1,063Nov 21, 2019-Dec 3, 2019
Aug 12, 2019Referral (C) · Partial scope, Safety#344226386$5,6821 viol.

Inspection #344226386

Dates

Opened
Aug 12, 2019
Closing Conference Date
Aug 12, 2019
Final Order
Sep 30, 2019
Closed
Nov 8, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
650
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
1
Violation Types
1 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$5,682
Penalties on Record
$5,682
Site Address
1000 Cunningham Drive, Sioux City, IA 51106
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

Referral Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a referral inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Referral inspections can result from another agency, another OSHA activity, or another source referring a potential hazard to OSHA.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

HospitalizationAug 1, 2019

Forklift operator is injured after striking rack

Event: Struck Against

Violations

Violation list (1 of 1 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010011910.178
Powered Industrial Trucks
OSHA citation code: 19100178 N01
Other14$5,682$5,682Oct 25, 2019-Sep 30, 2019
May 13, 2019Unprogrammed Related (G) · Partial scope, Safety#344004510$00 viol.

Inspection #344004510

Dates

Opened
May 13, 2019
Closing Conference Date
May 13, 2019
Closed
Jun 3, 2019

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
550
Related Activity
1 referral

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
0
Initial Penalties
$0
Penalties on Record
$0
Site Address
1000 Cunningham Dr, Sioux City, IA 51106
Industry
311611 Animal (except Poultry) Slaughtering

Unprogrammed Related Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an unprogrammed related inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. The public DOL category label is preserved here without adding extra interpretation beyond the government label.

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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

1904.31Covered employees1 citation · $1,063
1910.178Powered Industrial Trucks1 citation · $5,682

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer0.7
Industry average2.6
Penalties per inspection
This employer$2,248
Industry average$3,511

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