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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
Avg employees
363
Total hours worked
672716
EIN
522140933
Establishment ID
1076278
Employer case #
2023-5569

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17JAN24:22:35:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.