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OSHA Injury Report: WACKER Polysilicon North America

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at WACKER Polysilicon North America in Charleston, TN 37310 resulted in other recordable case. 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
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Using a drill press

Employee grabbed a piece of sharp material while it was still spinning on a drill press

Laceration to 3rd digit of left hand

Silicon metal

Employee grabed a piece of sharp material while it was still spinning on a drill press resulting in a laceration of the 3rd digit of the left hand requireing medical treatment beyaon first aid.

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 #
13
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:23:00.000
Submitted
10JAN24:18:34:00

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.