Magna, UT —
OSHA Injury Report: Kennecott Smelter
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Kennecott Smelter in Magna, UT 84044 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was operator in nonferrous metals (except aluminum) smelting and refining, primary.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kennecott Smelter
- Parent company
- Rio Tinto
- Street
- 11600 West 2100 South
- City
- Magna
- State
- UT
- ZIP
- 84044
- On-site location
- Anodes
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 172
Before the incident
Moving a pallet.
What happened
While sliding a pallet off another pallet above shoulder height IP felt a numbing pain tingling all the way down from his right shoulder to his right hand.
Injury or illness
Cervical sprain radiculopathy and shoulder strain.
Object or substance involved
Pallet
Summary line
While sliding a pallet off another pallet above shoulder height IP felt a numbing pain tingling all the way down from his right shoulder to his right hand.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331410 — Nonferrous metals (except aluminum) smelting and refining, primary
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 334
- Total hours worked
- 729456
- Establishment ID
- 1445333
- Employer case #
- 141332233
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 3:50
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 25FEB26:21:08:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.