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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 refining 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
Refining slug storage area
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
47

Employee was walking to [REDACTED] to do a TE wash

Employee was struck by a forklift as he walked to kettle

Right Upper arm and lower back contusions

Forklift

R upper arm & lower back contusions from being struck by forklift while walking to kettles

Job description
Refining Operator
SOC code
51-4051 — Metal-Refining Furnace Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
331492 — Secondary smelting of nonferrous metals (except aluminum, copper)
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
306
Total hours worked
759686
EIN
410662630
Establishment ID
357198
Employer case #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
18:00:00.000
Time of incident
20:30:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:22:34:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.