Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. — Accidents

Total: 2,848 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/16/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 44d restricted An employee was attempting to empty a hopper, the handle jerked closed, and the employee fractured their left thumb on the rubber stopper mounted on the hopper bowl.
11/12/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was cleaning the band saw under the table, when they were replacing the table they pinched their right 5th digit fracturing it.
11/12/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted A line crew employee was standing on a 4 foot pile of loose material aligning pole for a power line extension. While climbing down the employee felt discomfort and a pop in their knee.
11/12/2020 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While adjusting the height of the pulley the employee stepped back and their knee rested on a air line, due to severe corrosion the line broke causing air and debris to hit the employee in the face ca...
11/10/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was shoveling grease around a shorthead crusher when they twisted to the left and felt pain in their lower back. They continued working until a couple hours later when the pain got significan...
11/08/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The dipper of #39 shovel struck the truck bed of HT633 while in the process of being loaded. The employee stated they had neck pain.
11/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None EE strained lower back while pushing and pulling on inner tube while extracting core sample.
11/05/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 32d restricted An Electrical Employee was performing clean up outside the electrical shop when EE went to lift a bag of trash from a trash can. The employee felt a pain/discomfort in the lower abdominal region.
11/03/2020 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted On 11/03/2020 a Utility Crew laborer was moving a wheelbarrow with material in it when they stepped on a rock they didn't see, and their leg slipped causing the wheelbarrow to pull them forward. The j...
11/03/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a sump pump by the supervisor's office by west repair bays, EE was trying to make a gap between the fitting and pump tank. Employee could not get pry bar in the space and deci...
11/02/2020 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 72d lost, 14d restricted While working on the Centerline, a Tailings Operations Trainee knelt down on the platform to spray out a cyclone and felt a sharp pain in their right knee.
11/01/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 39d lost, 47d restricted An employee was reaching up and attempted to remove a hose from the power steering tank, when they felt a pop in their right shoulder.
10/28/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted A haulage trainee stated they were injured while on a ride along on 10/28/2020. Employee didn't report injury at the time. They waited two shifts and were seen at the clinic on 11/4/2020. Employee sta...
10/16/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 25d restricted A tire repair employee was stepping on a hydraulic cylinder on a tire machine and slipped backward hitting their head on the concrete floor. The employee was wearing a hard hat at the time.
10/13/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Employee was going to reach under a large bag of filter sand to cut the bag open, the bag was held up by a forklift using the bag handles and the forks. The bag's handles failed causing the bag to dr...
10/12/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was moving an extendable ladder from one filter to another with a coworker, when the ladder was set into the filter the extended portion of the ladder came down smashing the employee's thumb.
10/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted An employee was changing an idler, and the idler rolled off and fell a few inches on the thigh of the employee.
10/02/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 51d restricted A security specialist was walking around a parking ditch, when they slipped in the gravel and fell striking both knees and right hand.
10/02/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted Employee was removing a 793 transmission with the knuckle boom truck. The transmission got hung up for a second and then came loose popping out of the differential and pinching employees right foot a...
09/24/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was assembling 4 inch yellow mine pipe, the injured employee was holding the pipe up to put it in a coupling, while another employee pushed it in. The pipe pinched the left 5th digit but did...
09/16/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted A haulage operator reported their truck having stiff steering in tight turns early during night shift. After dumping the load the employee reported pain in the shoulder.
09/15/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While hanging a door on the 402 vessel, employee was sliding a gasket in place when material fell into their eye. Employee was wearing safety glasses at the time. Employee flushed their eye for 15 min...
09/15/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While employee was performing maintenance on the P11, they were removing the splitter bar. While doing so, one end of the bar slipped and the employee tried to grab it. As a result, employee smashed t...
09/12/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost The operator of the 25 Rubber Tire Dozer was responding to a rock spill at the bottom of the 801 haul road. As they approached the spill the dozer hit a pot hole/soft spot in the haul road causing the...
09/12/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted Employee was removing fuel hose off haul truck 547, while twisting their left hand they felt a pop in their wrist. The employee's wrist and lower forearm began to hurt.
09/04/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was carrying metal liner up the stairs and on the 2nd level of the stair platform EE went to put down the liner to take a break. When EE was lowering the liner, it slipped from EE's grip and...
09/02/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted After checking the fuel counter at Silver Basin fuel dock employee was walking back to the haul truck when they caught a foot on a hydraulic hose that was on the metal platform. Right foot hit the gro...
08/31/2020 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was going to pry off a pre-stripe cathode, the employee dropped the pry bar and while bent over to pick it up the copper cathode came loose and hit the employee's left shoulder. The left s...
08/27/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was walking outside bay #11 at the HDTS, when they stepped on a rock and lost balance causing employee to fall striking both knees on the ground. Employee received 7 sutures on the right knee...
08/26/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were tasked with fixing broken singles (drip line fitting). As employee A was standing up the cutters slipped out of EE's hand striking and cutting injured employee on the right middle finge...
08/25/2020 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 9d restricted While installing scaffold over pipe at Lower Stargo, employee knelt down to put wood screws in the underside of the scaffold planks. As EE knelt down the employee felt a pop and instantly felt pain i...
08/24/2020 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 95d lost, 35d restricted 585HT was assigned to the 40 Shovel in Western Copper. Operator backed up to receive first dipper. Shovel operator went to load HT with first dipper which contained boulders that caused truck to rock...
08/20/2020 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was stepping out of a work van and stepped on a small rock ( 2"" round in size) twisting the left ankle to the out side of the foot.
08/10/2020 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 2d restricted A tank house employee developed a rash around both ankles.
08/10/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted After cutting samples the employee was pouring the sample into the tube, the employee felt an object enter the right eye.
08/08/2020 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 44d restricted Employee was removing a fitting on the 4 inch pipe using an extractor bit on a handheld drill. The bit caught and twisted the drill and twisted the employee's left wrist.
08/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was unloading a box with a ball valve inside it from the bed of the pickup truck, went to place it on the ground and twisted EE's back.
07/24/2020 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 2d lost Driver of the 575 HT initiated a mayday call while parked at the 11 shovel tie down. Employee's hard hat had fallen off, and they hit their head causing a small bump on the forehead.
07/21/2020 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 5d restricted A line crew employee was working on 78-c power line extension in Western Copper above the 39 shovel, when started to experience ""nausea, headache and cramping"".
07/20/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating the 40 RTD performing their last clean up for day shift around the 40 shovel, when they were headed up the ramp to park for shift change the front end of the RTD fell into a dit...
07/17/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Operator of the #40 shovel was about to load HT611 on a dipper spot when the dipper tripped and the muck landed on the dove tail of the HT causing the bed to raise.
07/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was repairing the Downender on the #1 stripping machine at Central EW tank house, when the cable broke and the arm came down hitting the employee's left ear.
07/13/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Haul truck operator explained that they had issues backing up and dumping (lever getting stuck) the HT585B when the bed came down unexpectedly at the Molinar Leach dump.
07/07/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 99d lost, 54d restricted Employee was removing a bolt for a brake cooling filter hose. They pulled the wrench towards their body and felt a pop in their shoulder.
07/06/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 58d restricted Employee was descending a ladder at 379 on the Tailings Centerline when they felt their right knee pop.
07/06/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was working on the drip crew and attached the splicer to the drip to reinstall it onto the ATV. As the employee pulled on the line, the splicer came apart causing the employee to stumble and...
06/24/2020 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None A haulage operator rode in a van that had no air conditioning for approximately 45 minutes while waiting for a truck to operate. Then got onto a haul truck for the shift that also had no air condition...
06/24/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A haul truck driver smelled a noxious smell in the cab of their haul truck and began to vomit after a couple of loads from western copper up to the PCR dumps.
06/22/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee smelled fumes in the cab of HT642. They proceeded to run the haul truck for two hours causing the driver to have irritation in their throat, nose, and eyes.
06/17/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted Employee was operating an ATV on the PCR 6470 stockpile, while doing a dry run in rough terrain employee went over a rock, bounced, and made contact with the handlebars injuring their right shoulder.