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
- Refining - Kettle #3
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 60
Before the incident
Employee was using the water hose on kettle #3.
What happened
As the employee grabbed the water hose he inadvertently contacted the chain securing the dross duct. The chain came off the holder and the dross duct fell striking the employee in the head.
Injury or illness
Back and neck strain
Object or substance involved
Flexible Ventilation Duct
Summary line
Neck & back strain from being struck by flexible ventilation dross duct
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 #
- 2509
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 0:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 28FEB26:02:35:00
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.