Huntsville, AL ·
OSHA Injury Report: BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC in 9800 Kellner Road, Huntsville, AL 35824 resulted in days away from work. Employee was chemical Operator in catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
- Parent company
- BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC
- Street
- 9800 Kellner Road
- City
- Huntsville
- State
- AL
- ZIP
- 35824
- On-site location
- PPL-1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 32
Before the incident
Trying to clean a plugged screen on the precious metal line. The line was opened using a hand tool (adjustible wrench).
What happened
Operator opened a precious metal line and was sprayed in the eyes with High Concentrate Palladium Nitrate Solution resulting in hospitalization.
Injury or illness
Chemical in the eyes.
Object or substance involved
Nitric acid solution.
Summary line
Operator opened a precious metal line and was sprayed in the eyes resulting in hospitalization.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Chemical Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 336390: Catalytic converters, engine exhaust, automotive, truck, and bus, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 865
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 1,540,332
- EIN
- 161090809
- Establishment ID
- 1088838
- Employer case #
- 1886-LDP-2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:30
- Time of incident
- 19:54
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-06
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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