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OSHA Injury Report: HERAEUS MEDICAL COMPONENTS

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at HERAEUS MEDICAL COMPONENTS in 5030 CENTERVILLE RD, WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP, MN 55127 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Operator in coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
HERAEUS MEDICAL COMPONENTS
Parent company
HERAEUS MEDICAL COMPONENTS
Street
5030 CENTERVILLE RD
City
WHITE BEAR TOWNSHIP
State
MN
ZIP
55127
On-site location
Cleanroom 1

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

[REDACTED]ing parts with Isopropyl Alcohol at [REDACTED] Station.

What happened

At the flush station there is a Isopropyl Alcohol valve and a Nitrogen valve. The employee forgot to turn off the Nitrogen valve and it sprayed isopropyl alcohol into the air and it got in the operator 's eyes.

Injury or illness

Chemical irritation in eyes.

Object or substance involved

Isopropyl Alcohol Mist.

Summary line

A coworker was operator the [REDACTED]. They forgot to turn off the Nitrogen air on the workstation and activated the isopropanol flush. The isopropanol mist got in the operators eyes. They used the emergency eyewash station and eventually went to ge

Employee and industry

Job description
Production Operator
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
332613 — Coiled springs, heavy gauge metal, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
717
Total hours worked
1625849
EIN
271584096
Establishment ID
441898
Employer case #
1

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:30:00.000
Time of incident
15:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
31JAN24:19:06:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.