Eagan, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Gopher Resource
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
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).
Where did this happen?
- 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
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 37
- Days restricted or transferred
- 8
Before the incident
Employee was trying to clay up the lead side hole
What happened
As employee was claying up the reverb lead hole he stepped in molten metal on the lead trough
Injury or illness
2nd degree burns - Left foot
Object or substance involved
Molten metal
Summary line
2nd degree burns to left foot from molten lead metal
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 18:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27FEB2025:04:01:00
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.