Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. — Accidents

Total: 2,848 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
01/12/2016 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted On 1/12/2016, an employee reported pain in lower back throughout the shift. On 1/13/2016, the employee was evaluated, the employee was on scheduled days off until 1/21/2016 at which time EE was re-eva...
01/11/2016 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee had positioned self laying across a belly pan to work on the coolant hose. EE finished the job and noticed discomfort and pain in left lower back.
01/07/2016 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The employee stepped in the mud and twisted to the right. The employee felt sharp pain in knee.
01/05/2016 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Employee was operating the 23RTD when EE felt pain in back.
12/29/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 43d lost, 73d restricted A haul truck operator was being loaded when he felt pain in his neck after the first dipper load.
12/24/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was walking to his tool box and felt a pop in his right knee.
12/21/2015 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was welding at chest level. When he finished his weld, he lifted his welding hood and felt pain in his neck.
12/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Pulling pipe in leaching area, caused strain in lower back.
12/06/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 66d lost An employee was positioning cathodes when one slipped from his grip and struck the top of his right foot.
12/03/2015 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Driver inadvertently pressurized a hose he was disconnecting by bumping open the 1/2"" air supply ball valve. He was sprayed with sulfuric acid from the hose upon disconnecting the air line. A palm si...
11/18/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost On 11/18/2015, an employee was walking up the stairs on the extension rougher side when she felt pain in her right ankle. She was evaluated at the clinic and released. On 11/20/2015, the employee retu...
11/17/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 168d lost A leaching employee lost his footing and hurt his ankle. The employee was helping push a 4"" pipe causing the him to roll his ankle.
11/13/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted An employee was replacing the drill steel when the breakout wrench brushed his hip causing him to lose his balance and he contacted his forehead against the handrail causing a laceration.
11/10/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 31d restricted Employee was replacing scaffold plank in the storage rack. He went to lay the scaffold plank down and the plank slipped out of his grasp and landed on the employee's hand pinching his right index fin...
11/09/2015 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted An employee was waiting to be loaded when a rock rolled and struck the rear tire of the truck causing the operator to experience pain in his lower back.
11/07/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted An employee was walking when he stepped on a rock and twisted his right ankle.
11/05/2015 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was replacing liners when used a pry-bar to attempt to free a stuck one. The liner broke free and struck the employee's finger causing a laceration to the left middle finger.
10/30/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 50d lost, 45d restricted An employee stepped on the grab handle of a floor cover and twisted her ankle.
10/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 29d lost, 10d restricted Driver was climbing down ladder and missed the bottom step. EE impacted the ground with EE's feet which jarred EE's back and hips.
10/14/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 9d restricted Employees were lifting a frame into the bed of a truck when one employee tripped on a rock and felt pain in his lower back.
10/13/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 45d restricted Employee was replacing liners at the 801 feeder, while passing the liner into the feeder opening, the liner was released before the employee had control causing liner to drop smashing left ring finger...
10/09/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted An employee slipped on the last step outside the control room of the Metcalf Concentrator. The employee stated that his right hand was on the hand rail and he was holding a 6"" sling in his left hand...
10/06/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 10/6/2015, employees were using a cutting wheel to remove a bracket. The next morning, 10/7/2015, the employee came into work and felt discomfort in his eye. Upon evaluation at the clinic it was de...
10/05/2015 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 7d restricted Employee was using a bottle cart to move an Argon bottle to his work area. As the employee was going over a 3/4"" air hose, the cart shifted causing the employees right pinky finger to be caught betwe...
10/01/2015 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None On 10/1/2015 at approximately 21:30, an employee was discovered lying on the ground suffering from cardiac arrest. Emergency Personnel were dispatched, and began CPR. Employee was taken to Gila Health...
10/01/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was removing liners when he placed his hand a bolt and spun causing a laceration to the hand requiring seven sutures.
09/29/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted On 9/29/2015, an employee was replacing guards on the 4c conveyor. The following day, 9/30/2015, the employee reported pain in his right shoulder and radiating towards his elbow.
09/25/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 37d lost, 18d restricted An employee was pinned between the wishbone and the rear differential of the 793 Haul Truck causing bilateral rib fractures.
09/22/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted An employee was walking to her truck and tripped and fell, landing on her knee causing a minor bruise.
09/20/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost On 9/20/2015, an employee was getting into a van when felt pain in his hip. He did not report the event until the next shift and was taken to the clinic.
09/17/2015 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 34d restricted An employee was pulling drip lines to be installed, when he inadvertently stepped on an unstable section of material and allegedly hyper-extended his right knee. Employee was taken off site for medic...
09/16/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 64d lost The employee was tasked with whipping drip lines when the right line and single became disconnected from the 4 inch feeder. The employee, still holding the left drip line and her hand slipped causing...
09/15/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The employee was assisting in pulling out a roll of geosynthetic material. It is done by attaching a vise grip clap to the material and pulling. As he started to pull the clamp slipped off and he fell...
09/14/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 2d restricted Employee lost footing on top of molten sulfur trailer after loading process was complete, causing employee's left leg to fall into manway coming into contact with molten sulfur in the trailer. Employe...
09/14/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee placed his hand on a bundle of expanded metal during the work site inspection. The employee received a cut that required stitches to the right hand index finger.
09/12/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was picking up some banding off the floor to put it in the dumpster when he was sliced by the banding on his right wrist. Employee was wearing Kevlar gloves at the time of the incident.
09/08/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted An employee descended an 8ft ladder, once completely on the ground he turned to close the ladder and felt a sharp pain in his right knee.
08/30/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was checking the valve clamps when received a laceration to finger from a sharp edge.
08/25/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was tasked with cleaning the floor and maintaining housekeeping when he rolled his ankle and fell on his knee.
08/24/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted EE was descending down a set of outdoor stairs. He did not get his foot fully placed on one of the steps and twisted his ankle.
08/17/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was walking into the break room when he tripped and chipped his tooth on the chair.
08/13/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted An employee was leaving at the end of shift when she tripped on the last step causing her to land on her knees and hands.
08/11/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted An employee walking through the mill he tripped on grinding media causing him to fall forward.
08/07/2015 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost On 8/7/15 an employee was in the process of connecting an airline for a pump and stepped into liquid lime. He notified the fill-in supervisor and Sr. Supervisor but refused medical attention. Both Sup...
08/05/2015 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None On 8/5/2015 an employee was riding in a man van with BO AC when she began to feel sick. She was taken to the clinic and given fluids and released from care. On 8/11/2015, the employee was by her priva...
08/05/2015 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Carrier had 2 technicians enter the Crusher 3 cargo elevator, elevator stop in between floors, crusher 3 control room called electicians, they reset elevator both carrier technicians were fine no inju...
07/30/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was dismounting the HV023 Service Truck when he missed the bottom step and fell to the ground, landing on his back.
07/29/2015 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On 7/29/2015, an employee had slag contact his left ear, at which time no treatment was given. On 8/3/2015, the employee returned to the clinic for a follow-up evaluation and was treated with OTC oint...
07/26/2015 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The operator of the 17 shovel was coming down the stairway at shift change when EE lost footing causing EE to stumble down the stairs and injure right wrist.
07/13/2015 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted An employee believes he possibly struck his hand against a jumper frame while walking by. The employee felt pain in his hand and removed his glove and he noticed a small laceration on his knuckle and...