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

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury 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
Calciner Department
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Preparing to load Calciner with filter cake

While cutting bag open employee cut his left pointer finger with utility knife

Injury: Left pointer finger cut

Utility Knife

Finger cut

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 #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
14:30
Time of incident
21:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
13JAN26:17:57:00

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.