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OSHA Injury Report: WACKER Polysilicon North America

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at WACKER Polysilicon North America in Charleston, TN 37310 resulted in days away from work. Employee was technical Operator in nonferrous metals (except aluminum) smelting and refining, primary.

Establishment
WACKER Polysilicon North America
Parent company
WACKER Chemie
Street
553 WACKER Blvd. NW
City
Charleston
State
TN
ZIP
37310
On-site location
Crushing C144
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
180

Operating a manual pallet [REDACTED].

Overexertion

Strained right shoulder

Self

Strained right shoulder while operating a manual pallet jack. On [REDACTED] the technician was provided a prescription elevating this injury to medical treatment beyond first aid. Became lost time after surgery on [REDACTED].

Job description
Technical Operator
SOC code
9999 — Uncoded
NAICS code
331410 — Nonferrous metals (except aluminum) smelting and refining, primary
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
795
Total hours worked
1572529
EIN
942272388
Establishment ID
285402
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
2:30:00.000
Submitted
10JAN24:16:32:00

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