Morristown, TN —
OSHA Injury Report: BU 1 - Engine Systems and Components : BU-1 Pistons Morristown
Other illness · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an other illness at BU 1 - Engine Systems and Components : BU-1 Pistons Morristown in Morristown, TN 37815 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was surface Treatment Operator in pistons and Piston Rings Manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BU 1 - Engine Systems and Components : BU-1 Pistons Morristown
- Parent company
- MAHLE Engine Components USA, Inc.
- Street
- One Mahle Drive, TN
- City
- Morristown
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 37815
- On-site location
- HDD Phosphate system #2 heat exchanger
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
Before the incident
Employee performed heat exchanger switch (changeover).
What happened
Drain hose (under pressure) came out of drainpipe (funnel) and sprayed employee with hot liquid (phosphate).
Injury or illness
Chemical burn (hot liquid) to lower stomach groin upper thigh area.
Object or substance involved
Hot chemical liquid.
Summary line
Hot liquid burn to lower stomach groin and upper thigh. From hot chemical (phosphate).
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Surface Treatment Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9124 — Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and
- NAICS code
- 336310 — Pistons and Piston Rings Manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 710
- Total hours worked
- 1510675
- EIN
- 096372883
- Establishment ID
- 1070978
- Employer case #
- 2025-03
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 23:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26JAN26:20:01:00
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.