Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining

Industry Summary

The industry has shown a significant reduction in workforce , at least in the last reported period between 2014 and 2015. Over 240 employees lost their job in that period, a loss of -2.5%. The most recent numbers show a total of 140 businesses currently operating in the Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining industry. Calculated reported accident rates have outpaced the Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing Industry by 90% over the past 5 years.

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The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, October 10th 2017 by OSHA representitives in South Jordan, UT which had occured previously at Rio Tinto Kennecott Copper. A 64 year old Miscellaneous plant had been killed when the employee was killed from sulfur dioxide inhalation

OSHA ID99746.015

Accident Date2017-10-08

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 2:00 a.m. on October 8, 2017, an employee was clearing slag at the head end of the FS Boiler. A booster blower "tripped" causing the draft pressure to go from a negative to a positive pressure that resulted in a release of sulfur dioxide. The employee inhaled sulfur dioxide damaging lung tissues. The employee was killed.

OSHA investigators arrived in LINCOLN, RH on Wednesday, August 17th 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at MATERION TECHNICAL MATERIALS which had occured on the same day. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part

OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-08-17

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee was moving a 1,000-pound coil of metal using a floor crane when the coil fell off the crane and landed on the employee's lower legs, contusing/crushing them from the knees to the ankles.

On Sunday, August 14th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in BURNSVILLE, MI at Mississippi Silicon, LLC. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the contact with hot objected or substances

OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-08-14

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee was using a hardwood pole to clean a furnace's tap channel when molten metal slag suddenly released from the furnace, burning the employee's hands, head, face, left ear, lips, and mouth.

Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining

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