Santa Fe Springs, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Heraeus Precious Metals North America LLC
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Heraeus Precious Metals North America LLC in Santa Fe Springs, CA 90670 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was chemical Operator in secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Heraeus Precious Metals North America LLC
- Parent company
- Heraeus Precious Metals North America LLC
- Street
- 15524 Carmenita Road
- City
- Santa Fe Springs
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90670
- On-site location
- Refinery K42 reactor lifting out basket from reactor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 180
Before the incident
Employee was retrieving a basket that fell into the reactor.
What happened
When the employee lifted the basket out of the reactor he felt a muscle pull in his stomach and a sharp pain.
Injury or illness
Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene.
Object or substance involved
Lifting out the basket out of the reactor.
Summary line
Umbilical hernia without obstruction or gangrene.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Chemical Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9011 — Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Secondary refining of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 157
- Total hours worked
- 280814
- EIN
- 264396618
- Establishment ID
- 718214
- Employer case #
- 3
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 3:30:00.000
- Submitted
- 27FEB24:23:56:00
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.