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OSHA Injury Report: Gopher Resource

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Gopher Resource in Eagan, MN 55121 resulted in days away from work. Employee was furnace Operator in secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper).

Establishment
Gopher Resource
Parent company
Gopher Resource
Street
685 Yankee Doodle Road
City
Eagan
State
MN
ZIP
55121
On-site location
Reverb Furnace - lead side
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
37
Days restricted or transferred
8

Employee was trying to clay up the lead side hole

As employee was claying up the reverb lead hole he stepped in molten metal on the lead trough

2nd degree burns - Left foot

Molten metal

2nd degree burns to left foot from molten lead metal

Job description
Furnace Operator
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
331492 — Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
333
Total hours worked
804607
EIN
410662630
Establishment ID
357198
Employer case #
2406
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
18:00
Filing year
2024
Submitted
27FEB2025:04:01:00

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.