Torrance, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Divergent Technologies, Inc. - Torrance, CA
Hearing loss · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a hearing loss at Divergent Technologies, Inc. - Torrance, CA in Torrance, CA 90502 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was support Removal Technician in powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Divergent Technologies, Inc. - Torrance, CA
- Parent company
- Divergent Technologies, Inc.
- Street
- 19601 Hamilton Ave.
- City
- Torrance
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90502
- On-site location
- Support removal trailer
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Hearing loss (code 5)
Before the incident
Hammering chiseling and grinding aluminum.
What happened
The employee works repetitively in an area which is included in the company 's hearing conservation program (Support Removal work area). A standard threshold shift was identified with the employee during routine audiometric testing.
Injury or illness
An employee subject to the Hearing Conservation Program (HCP) received baseline audiometric testing in 2024. Subsequent testing in 2025 (inclusive of repeat testing) demonstrated >10dB shift change at 2k3k and 4k Hz constituting a Standard Threshold Shift (STS) - and the employee 's left ear hearing is perceptible only at 25 dB above audiometric zero.
Object or substance involved
Occupational noise
Summary line
Standard threshold shift in left ear
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Support Removal Technician
- SOC code
- 00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- NAICS code
- 332117 — Powder metallurgy products manufactured on a job or order basis
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 420
- Total hours worked
- 562111
- EIN
- 472341403
- Establishment ID
- 1479239
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00
- Time of incident
- 13:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 18FEB26:20:36:00
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.