Santa Fe Springs, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Heraeus Precious Metals
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Heraeus Precious Metals in Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was water Control Operator in powder, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metal.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Heraeus Precious Metals
- Parent company
- Heraeus Precious Metals
- Street
- 15524 Carmenita Rd
- City
- Santa Fe Springs
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90670
- On-site location
- Water Control Dept.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
employee was sweeping when he felt a pain in his lower back
What happened
repetitive motion of sweeping
Injury or illness
Sprain of ligaments of lumbar spine
Object or substance involved
repetitive motion caused by sweeping
Summary line
Sprain of ligaments of lumbar spine as a result of performing a squeegee operation - repetitive manual operation.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Water Control Operator
- SOC code
- 51-8031 — Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Powder, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metal
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 148
- Total hours worked
- 179339
- EIN
- 264396618
- Establishment ID
- 1316092
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 10FEB26:22:17:00
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.