Wartburg, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC.
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC. in Wartburg, TN 37887 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was jaw Crusher Operator in precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals.
Where did this happen?
- 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
- Jaw Crushing department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Maintaining the belt for [REDACTED]
What happened
Jaw Crushing operator got right hand middle finger caught in sampling system gear belt. Operator stuck hand on belt during auto pause and did not remove hand when system started. Occurred during after belt change. Guard not replaced after belt change.
Injury or illness
Injury: right hand middle finger extended
Object or substance involved
sample machine drive belt
Summary line
Finger injury caught in belt
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Jaw Crusher Operator
- SOC code
- 51-4033 — Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters,
- 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 #
- 7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:00
- Time of incident
- 17:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13JAN26:17:46:00
Source
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.