OGDEN, UT ·
OSHA Injury Report: Western Zirconium
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Western Zirconium in 10000 WEST 900 SOUTH, OGDEN, UT 84404 resulted in days away from work. Employee was fabrication Operator in bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Western Zirconium
- Parent company
- WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Street
- 10000 WEST 900 SOUTH
- City
- OGDEN
- State
- UT
- ZIP
- 84404
- On-site location
- 3850 Press Saw Round Products
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 20
Before the incident
Operator was working at the saw on the 3850-press cutting tubes.
What happened
The saw was nearing completion of a tube when the operator observed a “hot chip ember” come off the saw blade. Operator then cleared the fines away from the blade and was depositing them in the fines container bucket when a second “hot chip” came off the blade and into the open fines bucket igniting the fines that had been collected. A flash fire occurred the operator moved back away attempting to get away from the flames but the lower abdominal area was burned from the flash.
Injury or illness
Thermal burn to the abdomen that required medical treatment and days away from work.
Object or substance involved
Flame coming up from the fines bucket
Summary line
Burn to the lower right abdomen due to a zirconium flash fire
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Fabrication Operator
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 331491: Bar, nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper), made from purchased metals in wire drawing plants or in integrated secondary smelting and rolling, drawing, or extruding plants
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 363
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 672,716
- EIN
- 522140933
- Establishment ID
- 1076278
- Employer case #
- 2023-5569
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 15:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-01-17
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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