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OSHA Injury Report: BU 1 - Engine Systems and Components : BU-1 Pistons Morristown

Other illness · Other recordable case

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.

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
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Other illness (code 6)

Employee performed heat exchanger switch (changeover).

Drain hose (under pressure) came out of drainpipe (funnel) and sprayed employee with hot liquid (phosphate).

Chemical burn (hot liquid) to lower stomach groin upper thigh area.

Hot chemical liquid.

Hot liquid burn to lower stomach groin and upper thigh. From hot chemical (phosphate).

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
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00
Time of incident
23:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26JAN26:20:01:00

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.