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

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC. in Wartburg, TN 37887 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
25

Employee was using sledge hammer to remove material from drum

Employee was using sledge hammer to remove material from drum when he swung back and dislocated his shoulder

Injury: Left shoulder dislocation reaggravated past injury

Swinging motion with Sledge Hammer

Shoulder dislocation

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 #
8
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
11:23
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:17:50:00

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.