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OSHA Injury Report: Gopher Resource

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury 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).

Establishment
Gopher Resource
Parent company
Gopher Resource
Street
685 Yankee Doodle Road
City
Eagan
State
MN
ZIP
55121
On-site location
Furnace - Blast Furnace
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
33

Employee was tapping slag on the blast furnace.

As the employee jackhammered the slag hole he strained his upper back.

Right trapezius muscle strain

Jackhammer

Instantaneous neck strain from jackhammering blast slag hole

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
343
Total hours worked
815389
EIN
410662630
Establishment ID
357198
Employer case #
2504
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00
Time of incident
7:14
Filing year
2025
Submitted
28FEB26:01:31:00

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.