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

Skin disorder · Other recordable case

On , a skin disorder at Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC. in Wartburg, TN 37887 resulted in other recordable case. 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
Roast Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Skin disorder (code 2)

Normal Calciner operations processing material

Employee had a reaction rash on chest neck wrist areas

Illness: rash around perspiration areas - Neck wrist armpits

Possible chlorine containing material

Rash on arm wrist

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 #
6
Date of incident
Shift started
7:30
Time of incident
10:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:17:41:00

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.