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OSHA Injury Report: Kennecott Smelter

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Kennecott Smelter in Magna, UT 84044 resulted in other recordable case. 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
Anodes
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Operator was adjusting and pulling rejects from anode rail cars.

Anode plate shifted and smashed the IP 's three middle fingers on left hand.

Closed fracture of 3rd and 4th fingers on left hand. Open wounds on 2nd 3rd and 4th fingers on left hand.

Copper anode plate

IP was on a rail car adjusting anodes and got his fingers smashed in between them when they shifted.

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 #
108309001
Date of incident
Shift started
3:38
Time of incident
14:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
25FEB26:21:23:00

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.