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OSHA Injury Report: Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC. in Wartburg, TN 37887 resulted in days away from work. Employee was thermal Operator in precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals.

Establishment
Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC.
Parent company
Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC.
Street
1975 Knoxville Hwy
City
Wartburg
State
TN
ZIP
37887
On-site location
Prep Department
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1

Walking through the department

Employee was walking behind the forklift when forklift operator was placing drums on a pallet employee stopped and when the forklift operator turned the wheel it hit the employees foot.

Injury: Right foot

Forklift wheel

Pinched foot via forklift

Job description
Thermal Operator
SOC code
51-4191 — Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal
NAICS code
331492 — Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
125
Total hours worked
230000
EIN
222209713
Establishment ID
924608
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
22:30
Time of incident
23:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:17:34:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.