Eagan, MN —
OSHA Injury Report: Gopher Resource
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Gopher Resource in Eagan, MN 55121 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was refinery 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
- Refinery - kettle # 3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 63
Before the incident
Employee was raising the pump on kettle #3.
What happened
As the pump was going up the attached transfer pipe broke off and struck the employee on the head and neck.
Injury or illness
Back and neck contusion and strain
Object or substance involved
the transfer pipe
Summary line
Instantaneous back & neck injury from being struck by transfer pipe on neck and head
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Refinery Operator
- SOC code
- 51-8093 — Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gauger
- NAICS code
- 331492 — Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 343
- Total hours worked
- 815389
- EIN
- 410662630
- Establishment ID
- 357198
- Employer case #
- 2501
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 5:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:20:35:00
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.