South Jordan, UT —
OSHA Injury Report: Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation - Smelter
Respiratory condition · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , a respiratory condition at Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation - Smelter in South Jordan, UT 84009 resulted in other recordable case. 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
- FS/FC
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Respiratory condition (code 3)
Before the incident
Driving [REDACTED] toward slag tunnel to remove a full pot.
What happened
Operator opened the north slag tunnel door observed a ‘cloud of SO2’ and allowed it to dissipate prior to entering the tunnel to change the pot out. After the pot change out the operator began coughing.
Injury or illness
S02 exposure to respiratory system
Object or substance involved
Sulfur dioxide gas
Summary line
Operator was exposed to SO2 gas while removing a slag pot with the [REDACTED]
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331410 — Blister copper manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 363
- Total hours worked
- 686018
- EIN
- 133108078
- Establishment ID
- 1130382
- Employer case #
- 3275221589
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 15:38
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 03FEB2025:16:16:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.