Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. — Accidents

Total: 2,848 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
06/11/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was leaning on a delineation cable at East end of New Moly Bld, the cable was secured with cable clamps. The cable came loose from clamp appt 20ft from the employee. The employee fell apprx 3.5ft...
06/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 85d restricted Employee was attempting to hang a lifting cable when the cable fell, applying pressure to his left arm. Employee reported the injury on 6/10/2014, at 01:00am.
06/04/2014 ELECTRICAL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 1d restricted An electrical general foreman sustained flash burns after exposure to an arc flash. The employee was attempting to test continuity of 480-volt feeders going to a crane disconnect.
06/02/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted While attempting to stand up the employee's foot slipped causing his foot to become caught between two cross beams.
05/28/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was walking to the 10R Drill employee stepped into a low spot causing pain in his leg.
05/25/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee attempted to move a beam by hand and as he shifted the beam his left glove got caught between the beam and cribbage it was resting on, resulting is smashing the flesh of his left hand middle...
05/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 22d lost, 104d restricted Employees were moving rolling scaffold tower on a slope when wheel turned and caught employee's head in between concrete pillar and scaffold.
05/06/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was tightening a bolt when the wrench slipped causing him to strike his finger against the support beam resulting in a fracture to the pinky finger on the left hand.
05/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee shut his finger in the door of the pickup causing a small laceration to the middle finger on the right hand.
05/02/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was carrying a conduit, he slipped and dropped the conduit. As he was catching himself he jammed his right middle finger on the conduit.
04/23/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Matrix employee was fitting pipe on the second floor of the Ball Mill South East corner of cyclone #1. Scaffold Builders started to work where he was walking through so he went around the south east c...
04/22/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 11d lost Employee stated on 4/22/2014 he felt pain in lower back while performing maintenance. Reported on 4/25/2014, evaluated by a physician, and was released from care. On 4/29/2014 the employee was re-eval...
04/21/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee stepped over scaffold ladder, tripped, and fell at same level. Caught weight with L hand and sustained injury. Returned to Safety on 04/22/2014 with unresolved pain. Referred for X-Ray.
04/16/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was struck in the abdomen by fly metal while using a sledge hammer to remove ball studs.
04/15/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Working with 2 fellow employees on the West Side of the Wet Screen using a Hydraulic torque wrench, one employee positioned the torque wrench over the nut, the second held the bolt in w/a hammer wrenc...
04/15/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted EE stepped out of a pickup truck bed and lost balance and sprained ankle. EE was given duty restrictions.
04/14/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting 24"" HDPE when the chainsaw kicked back causing a laceration to the lower leg.
04/13/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was replacing cutting edges on the VT-1 Loader when his tool slipped and he received a laceration to the hand.
04/11/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 16d lost, 18d restricted Employee was stringing out welding leads and placed the welding leads over her left shoulder. Employee began to walk with the leads and lost her footing causing a fall to grade. As the result of the f...
04/10/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a spud wrench to loosen bolts when the tool slipped, struck him to his mouth, and chipped two front teeth.
04/08/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None 1:50am a Matrix employee was working at thickener #3 tightening a 3/8 90 degree tubing fitting. The 8"" crescent wrench slipped off of the tubing fitting causing his right hand ring finger to come in...
03/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 32d restricted Contract employee injured his right shoulder when he stepped over a concrete curb, tripped, and fell at the same level. On 04/02/2014, a physician diagnosed a suspected tear of shoulder connective tis...
03/29/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 63d restricted Employee conducted a walk around inspection of his vehicle. As he was entering in the vehicle he felt and heard a pop in his left knee.
03/14/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees hand loading a 45 pound poly barrel on a flat bed truck and one employee lost grip of the barrel and his hand slipped under the barrel catching his finger between the truck bed stake hol...
03/14/2014 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was grinding a metal pipe to weld, was wearing all necessary PPE, went to remove her PPE and the metal dust entered her right eye. Eye wash station was accessible and used. After washing th...
03/10/2014 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 245d lost Mechanic was stepping into the transmission compartment when his foot slipped causing him to twist his knee.
03/07/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking to work area with welding rods in his hand and when his welding hood was falling down over his face he attempted to catch it with the hand that he was carrying the welding rods in...
03/06/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was securing bolts using a ratchet when it slipped contacting the employee on the back of the right hand.
03/05/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted While changing the #4 tire the inner ring slipped contacting the employee's finger causing a fracture to the tip of his finger.
03/04/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 173d lost A SWI EMPLOYEE WAS PERFORMING HIS ROUTINE DAILY JOB(FLUSHING AND MAINTENANCE ON MFL PADS/LEACHING). HE HAS PERFORMED THE TASK FOR THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF. THE EMPLOYEE HAD FINISHED OPENING A FLUSH VA...
02/28/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting the weld on a piece of unistrut with a 6"" metabo the disc bounced off the unistrut off the I-beam hitting the finger on the left hand causing a laceration . The employee did not have a proper...
02/27/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 14d lost, 11d restricted Employees were attempting to install a 8""X8""X1"" steel diagonal brace. The upper end of the brace slipped off the connection clip on the support column and struck the right hand of Employee #1 pinch...
02/24/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was walking across the Thickener #4 floor stringing out welding lead and slipped on a piece of gravel. She was evaluated at the local urgent care facility and diagnosed with a strained ba...
02/17/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Millwright was moving a 2'7"" x 2'7"" x 8'2"" sampler duct. His left index finger became trapped under the duct causing a de-gloving at the 1st knuckle of his left index finger.
02/12/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employees were removing a take up pulley with comealongs. One of the rigging points had a slight side load on it causing the pulley to drift when the final bolt was removed. The pulley contacted the...
02/05/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was working on the left side of a scraper kneeling down next to a mechanic truck. The operator of the truck honked twice and pulled forward not knowing that the other mechanic had stuck his...
02/03/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee states he felt pain in his back.
01/31/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a laceration to the leg while trying to manipulate a metal plate.
01/31/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was walking when his knee buckled causing him to fall. The employee reached out with his right arm to catch himself and felt pain in his shoulder.
01/28/2014 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Groundman was releasing tension off chain hoist after installing a down guy and lost control of the handle. As a result, the handle ratcheted back toward the employee striking and fracturing the left...
01/18/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 20d lost, 29d restricted EE was on the second rung of a A-frame step ladder, step down lost balance and fell to the floor sustaining a fracture to her right wrist.
01/14/2014 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE loss control of angle grinder struck right knee sustaining a laceration that required sutures to close, returned to work.
01/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While removing his welding hood, the employee felt a foreign body enter his left eye.
01/13/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was manual handling form brace and struck an object that pinched his finger resulting in a lacatration that required sutures to close the lacatration, EE returned to work.
01/09/2014 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE received a laceration to the back of his left hand as he reached out to lift up on a rebar mat which was about to contact a gate post and contacted the sharp edge of the rebar. Sutures were require...
01/08/2014 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted Employee stepped out of material trailer and caught his foot on debris on the deck. He tripped and fell approximately 1 1/2 feet to the ground. He landed on his left wrist which resulted in a fracture...
01/03/2014 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was rough loaded and experienced back pain.
12/30/2013 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cutting Q-decking (sheet metal) with a Metabo cutting tool and cutting disc. The tool ""kicked-back"" and the employee lost his grip. The cutting disc contacted his left index finger caus...
12/30/2013 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was carrying an electrical panel while walking backwards and fell. Employee reported incident on 12/31/2013.
12/29/2013 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted A mechanic was changing out drill steel when the bit sub tightened the deck table swung and the employee's left foot was caught between the deck cable and mass brace.