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 palladium purification removing cover from pan filter
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 7
Before the incident
Lifting and removing plastic pan filter cover
What happened
When removing the pan filter cover felt pain in lower back.
Injury or illness
Strain of muscle facia and tendon of lower back
Object or substance involved
Lifting and removing pan filter.
Summary line
Strain of muscle facia and tendon of lower back
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 #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 7:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:00:03:00
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.