South Jordan, UT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation - Smelter
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation - Smelter in 4700 Daybreak Parkway, South Jordan, UT 84009 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in blister copper manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation - Smelter
- Parent company
- Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
- Street
- 4700 Daybreak Parkway
- City
- South Jordan
- State
- UT
- ZIP
- 84009
- On-site location
- Hot Metals Slag Tapping
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 72
Before the incident
cleaning FC furnace slag launder
What happened
During a flash converting furnance down day the opeator was cleaning out the slad daunder with a skim-bay bar. Their hand slipped down the bar and caught their thumb between the bar and the launder
Injury or illness
fractured thumb
Object or substance involved
impact and caught between equipment
Summary line
While breaking up the skulls in the FC slag launder employee went to strike the slag with a short skim bay bar. When the skim bay bar impacted the slag it deflected and caused her thumb to be crushed between the skim bay bar and the slag launder shell.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331410: Blister copper manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2024 average)
- 363
- Hours worked at this establishment (2024 total)
- 686,018
- EIN
- 133108078
- Establishment ID
- 1130382
- Employer case #
- 4133075674
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2025-01-30
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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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