Wartburg, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: Heraeus Precious Metals North America, LLC.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
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
- Roast Department
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 25
Before the incident
Employee was using sledge hammer to remove material from drum
What happened
Employee was using sledge hammer to remove material from drum when he swung back and dislocated his shoulder
Injury or illness
Injury: Left shoulder dislocation reaggravated past injury
Object or substance involved
Swinging motion with Sledge Hammer
Summary line
Shoulder dislocation
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 11:23
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 13JAN26:17:50:00
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.