South Jordan, UT —
OSHA Injury Report: Kennecott Refinery
Other illness · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an other illness at Kennecott Refinery in South Jordan, UT 84009 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in copper smelting and refining, primary.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kennecott Refinery
- Parent company
- Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation
- Street
- 4700 Daybreak Parkway
- City
- South Jordan
- State
- UT
- ZIP
- 84009
- On-site location
- Refinery Tank House, B-Bay North
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days away from work
- 162
Before the incident
While stepping off cell where a cell in the tank house the employee stepped down wrong and twisted knee.
What happened
Worker felt knee pain that did not improve with conventional treatment. An MRI was ordered with an orthopedic referral for surgical repair of fissure in the meniscus
Injury or illness
Right knee meniscus fissure
Object or substance involved
NA
Summary line
Right knee meniscus fissure while stepping down from a refining cell
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331410 — Copper smelting and refining, primary
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 165
- Total hours worked
- 370765
- EIN
- 133108078
- Establishment ID
- 1142470
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 4:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 11FEB2025:22:22:00
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.