Seneca, SC —
OSHA Injury Report: BASF Metals LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BASF Metals LLC in Seneca, SC 29678 resulted in days away from work. Employee was production Technician in precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BASF Metals LLC
- Parent company
- BASF Metals LLC
- Street
- 554 Engelhard Drive
- City
- Seneca
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29678
- On-site location
- EAF Furnace
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
Bending to pick up a rod used to perform a depth check on the furnace
What happened
Operator reported that they felt a brief twinge in their lower back after about 3.5 hours at work which went away. [REDACTED] the operator was preparing to perform a depth check of the furnace bent over to pick up the rod and experience acute pain in their lower back.
Injury or illness
Lower back pain
Object or substance involved
Pre-existing condition
Summary line
Lower back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Technician
- SOC code
- 43-5061 — Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Precious metals recovering from scrap and/or alloying purchased metals
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 377
- Total hours worked
- 785504
- Establishment ID
- 1235162
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 0:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 07MAR24:18:15:00
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.