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OSHA Injury Report: Kennecott Smelter

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Kennecott Smelter in Magna, UT 84044 resulted in days away from work. Employee was operator in nonferrous metals (except aluminum) smelting and refining, primary.

Establishment
Kennecott Smelter
Parent company
Rio Tinto
Street
11600 West 2100 South
City
Magna
State
UT
ZIP
84044
On-site location
Feed & Slag
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
30
Days restricted or transferred
29

IP was working on an elevated area and stepped down from the belt.

As the IP stepped down from the belt which was about two feet off the ground they slipped on the belt and rolled their left ankle. The IP landed with all their weight on the ankle and heard a popping sound and felt immediate pain.

Left ankle sprain

Flooring

[REDACTED] was stepping down from a belt that was about two feet off the ground. While stepping down the [REDACTED] slipped on the belt and rolled their left ankle.

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 #
78267788_
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
11:55
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:21:20:00

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.