Newark, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Lucid Motors HQ
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Lucid Motors HQ in Newark, CA 94560 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was technical Specialist Battery Cell in electric automobiles for highway use manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Lucid Motors HQ
- Parent company
- Lucid Motors
- Street
- 7373 Gateway Blvd
- City
- Newark
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 94560
- On-site location
- Cell Analytical Lab
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Opening a lidded waste can
What happened
Another employee disposed of some lithium battery cells into the waste can some of which were leaking electrolyte. The employee who was checking the waste can inhaled some electrolyte fumes and reported respiratory irritation and coughing.
Injury or illness
inhalation of electrolyte fumes resulting in respiratory discomfort and coughing.
Object or substance involved
Lithium-ion battery cell electrolyte
Summary line
Employee was checking a closed top waste container. They opened the lid and inadvertently inhaled some electrolyte fumes from the battery cells thrown into the container.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Technical Specialist Battery Cell
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 336111 — Electric automobiles for highway use manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2017
- Avg employees
- 3418
- Total hours worked
- 4535974
- Establishment ID
- 810634
- Employer case #
- 16-23
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 8:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 15FEB24:03:12:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.