Eagan, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Gopher Resource
Other illness · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an other illness at Gopher Resource in Eagan, MN 55121 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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
- Furnace - Reverb lead side
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Other illness (code 6)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 30
Before the incident
Employee was removing hooks from slugs with a sledgehammer on the reverb lead side
What happened
Employee suffered heat exhaustion and a muscle strain from working in furnaces and removing hooks with a sledgehammer
Injury or illness
Heat Illness and abdominal muscle strain
Object or substance involved
Sledgehammer
Summary line
Heat Stress & abdominal muscle strain from hitting hooks with sledgehammer
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 #
- 2408
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 23:00
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27FEB2025:04:35:00
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.