Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. — Accidents

Total: 2,848 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/10/2018 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At around 7:25pm, the employee was exiting the LV719C truck from the front passenger side. As employee was about to shut the door, the wind caught the door and closed on employee's finger causing the...
01/10/2018 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 198d restricted On 1-10-18 an employee was fusing pipe, when a fuse broke and raffinate started spraying. Employee moved quickly away when ee felt left knee pop. Felt ok, went home and started hurting. Came to work o...
01/09/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted An employee placed a green horn on the edge of the bed of the truck to clean crater from it. The green horn shifted and fell from the truck, striking the employee's foot causing a fracture to the 5th...
01/04/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee reached under the seat of a haul truck and contacted a sharp piece of metal causing a minor laceration. The laceration was closed using steri-strips. On 1/5/2018, the employee started norm...
12/21/2017 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was pushing a cart of scaffold material into an elevator. the long vertical riser hit the back of the elevator causing the load to shift which pinched the EE finger between parts
11/12/2017 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 12d lost, 48d restricted After the employee changed out an oil line on the 3-B oil unit, employee proceeded to stand up. As employee was about half way up employee felt a pop in employee's left knee followed by severe pain.
11/07/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 48d lost As the employee was trying to fit an oil seal ring (1/2 ring) onto the Ball Mill feed-end swivel bearing, it slipped from ee's grasp and fell approximately 24 inches landing on ee's left foot. The 1/2...
11/05/2017 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was working in the control room of the VLE Pilot Plant monitoring the plant. A bee got in the control room, landed on employees hand and stung EE. Employee finished shift, reported for shift the...
11/02/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Walking down the stairs on the last step employee's knee popped
11/02/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 47d restricted An employee propped a step ladder against a vehicle and began to step up on the 1st step when the ladder slipped causing employee to fall approximately 1ft to ground and twist employee's ankle.
10/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was changing out skirting on a conveyor belt. EE pulled on the skirting and some dust material came down from the feeder belt above EE. Employee felt discomfort in right eye.
10/13/2017 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted An employee knelt down and felt pain in knee.
10/12/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted An employee was hanging cables when they lost their footing and fell backwards on the ground injuring their shoulder and wrist.
10/11/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee reached to for coffee creamer in the refrigerator door and scratched eye on a zip lock bag.
10/11/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Team was working on conveyor belt system vulcanizing belt at Morenci Metcalf Mill Building. Cart used to transport Belt Press bars. Belt Press bar fell approximately 2 feet off from the cart and struc...
10/11/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 122d lost, 15d restricted Employee was walking back to crew truck for lunch when EE stepped off a curb into dirt and sprained ankle.
10/09/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was removing a ripper tooth when a shard of metal hit employee's right knee above the knee.
10/04/2017 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a porter power to jack plate in place. The cribbing slipped out striking employee in the face.
09/29/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The employee was walking slowly down the stairs right after a meeting at the auditorium. EE slipped and fell even though EE had three points contact. EE aggravated a previous injury as a result.
09/23/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was trying to loosen the bolts on the cyclone using two hand held wrenches when the tools slipped and pinched the webbing on the palm below the index finger resulting in a 1/2 inch laceration...
09/21/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted While employee was assisting with bucket samples, employee tripped over the corner of a rubber mat. Employee fell into the back of their coworker and fell to the ground. During fall, employee made con...
09/13/2017 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 9d restricted Employee was cleaning at the Stargo Scrubbers when the material splashed up seeping through ee Tyvex causing skin irritation
09/12/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee felt irritation in their eye after they rinsed their face and wiped it with a paper towel.
09/08/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was using a pry-bar to remove a chunk of locking compound when hand slipped and was pinched between the bar and the brass fitting causing a small laceration.
09/07/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 88d restricted Employee stepped over handrail to access an idler and when employee stepped down on the walkway employee rolled employee's ankle on a small rock
09/06/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted An employee was walking out of the building and bumped employee's head on the apex of the building causing pain in employee's head and neck.
09/04/2017 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was performing a pre-shift inspection when employee placed hand on the stiff arm of the dozer and received a laceration to the hand from a metal burr.
08/31/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted On 8/31/2017, an employee was spraying down the area with a water hose and felt pain in shoulder and upper back. On 9/1/2017, employee reported the injury and was medically evaluated and released to w...
08/25/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted An employee felt pain in their neck while the truck was being loaded at the shovel.
08/24/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted An employee stepped on an air hose and stumbled. Employee reached out to catch their fall, pushing their hand against an pillar block causing a fracture to the hand.
08/22/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted On 8/22/2017, the operator of the 555 Haul Truck had stopped in the road. Another truck attempted to stop and slid into the back of the stopped truck at a slow rate of speed. On 8/27/2017, the employe...
08/17/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 30d restricted At approximately 1950, a crusher trainee was preparing the #2 shorthead for maintenance by pulling back the dust curtain. While doing so, they tripped backwards and fell hitting the handrail. Their ri...
08/17/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee returned back to original work area and tripped over an H-Beam at floor level. Employee fell forward and hit the concrete floor. Employee bruised face, hand and the left shin. The next mor...
08/16/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A employee was torqueing lug nuts on the inner wheel of a haul truck tire. EE accidentally squeezed the trigger and EE's finger was pinched between the socket and lug nut causing a laceration that req...
08/14/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted On 8/14/2017 an employee picked up a 20 pound sledge hammer and felt a pop in shoulder. On 8/17/2017, the employee returned to the clinic with increased pain and was given restrictions.
08/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 218d lost A diagnostic mechanic was moving toolbox when shoulder popped causing pain.
08/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted On 8/14/2017, an employee was lifting a haul truck hood when back popped causing pain. On 8/23/2017, the employee returned to the clinic with increased and continual pain and was given restrictions.
08/07/2017 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None An employee was conducting their pre-shift on the truck and hit the test button for the fire suppression system. When the test was conducted for unknown reason the system activated and they exited the...
07/31/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted A Drill-Helper was attempting to load another stick of drill pipe into the Pipe-Arm Loader on drill rig #418. The Drill-Helper was holding a 36"" pipe wrench with R hand & operating the remote control...
07/28/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 25d restricted Employee was carrying a clip board, thermal temperature gun and radio in the right hand and using the left hand on the handrail. As the employee started climbing the second flight of stairs the employ...
07/14/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 110d lost, 55d restricted An employee was working on pipes when they mistakenly opened the line causing a small section of pipe to strike their arm and face.
07/14/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee stepped in a soft spot of sand while walking and felt pain in their right knee.
07/11/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee descended a ladder (face first) and felt pain in right shoulder.
07/10/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee experienced pain in ee neck after equipment. On 7/11/17 the employee was given restrictions but started ee 7 days off.
07/06/2017 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted A drill operator was climbing the steps on the 11R drill when knee buckled causing ee to hit the same knee on the steps. EE received a minor scrape and some knee pain as a result. On 7/7/2017, the emp...
07/06/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 18d lost A powder employee was using an articulating loader to clean a blast pattern up for the blasting crew when the center pin broke causing the cab to tip backward. The operator experienced some jostling a...
07/03/2017 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost An employee was in the LV712 transport van traveling to 12 shovel. When van hit a pot hole, employee experienced lower back pain. Employee traveled 1.5 miles to EE's assigned equipment at the 5150 bef...
07/02/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost EE was emptying a sulphur tray when EE felt pain in EE's back.
06/07/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A beam trolley rolled off the beam, striking an employee on the hand below.
05/31/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was trying to pry off copper sheet that was still attached at the bottom of the blank. EE put pry bar through the top of the sheet and went forward with force and when the copper sheet relea...