Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. — Accidents

Total: 2,848 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
11/05/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 6d restricted Employee was loading an idler frame into a service truck. Idler frame fell out of the truck and struck the employee on the left ankle.
11/02/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 5d restricted Employee was operating a haul truck and was loaded by a shovel. After loading at the shovel, employee experienced back pain.
10/31/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee's shift began at 7:00 p.m. on 10/30/2008. Employee was loaded at a shovel and began to experience back pain.
10/30/2008 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 38d restricted Employee was operating a dozer and was pushing plugs off of a dump. Employee ran over a boulder with the tracks and jarred his neck.
10/29/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was climbing on to a haul truck, she slipped and fell striking her jaw on the haul truck stairs.
10/29/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was stepping over a 24-inch line on a dump when she began to experience pain in her ankle.
10/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee worked 8 12-hour days at MFL wearing latex gloves. Employee developed an infection in his right middle finger.
10/24/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was climbing up the steps on the push arm of a dozer. Employee slipped striking the left side of his face on the steps.
10/24/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee's shift began at 7:00 p.m. on 10/23/2008. Employee was operating the #641 haul truck and stated that his left knee struck the window crank on the haul truck after being loaded by the #11 sho...
10/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in the lime plant spraying a shaker with a high pressure water hose. Lime splashed back on the employee's face and resulted in a chemical burn to her eye.
10/22/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee's shift began at 7:00 p.m. on 10/21/2008. Employee was operating a haul truck and had just been loaded by a shovel when he experienced back pain.
10/22/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Tire Shop employee was dismounting a tire. The tire iron slipped and struck the employee on the left cheek resulting in a laceration.
10/21/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost Employee was changing out a bronze liner using a pry bar. The pry bar slipped causing the employee to lose his balance and put his hand against the liner. Employee received a laceration to his right h...
10/21/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cut hand with box cutter while cutting tab off of 5 gallon bucket of resin. Cut left hand required 6 stitches. He was wearing Condor gloves.
10/20/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 61d lost, 29d restricted Employee was securing a load with a ratchet strap and felt a pop in his right shoulder.
10/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 6d lost Employee was hand digging material with a shovel and felt pain in his shoulder.
10/18/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was operating a dozer. Employee slipped and fell off the dozer resulting in a leg fracture.
10/15/2008 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 26d lost Employee was using a pull cart to move a pedestal grinder. Employee lost control of the cart and tried to catch the grinder before it fell resulting in the employee smashing his finger between the ca...
10/13/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a crawler. As he was getting on to the crawler, he twisted his ankle and felt pain.
10/13/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was moving cable near a shovel and was struck by a rope causing him to fall back on the ground.
10/13/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 38d lost Employee was operating a haul truck and was in a shovel pit waiting to be loaded by a shovel. The first dipper load did not open. Shovel operator kept trying to open the dipper. When the dipper d...
10/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Driller was laying the rod and mainline down when it fell to the side of the mast. He tried to pull the rod and mainline back & center it. He had too much slack in his mainline cable and pinched his f...
10/08/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Shift began at 7:00 p.m. on 10/7/2008. Employee was being loaded at a shovel when he experienced back pain.
10/08/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was cutting a gear box into quarters. After cutting it in half and most of the last cut was made. Employee cut the remaining piece of the gear box, expecting the pieces to fall away from ea...
10/07/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was emptying core tube and felt pain in his back.
10/04/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was operating a haul truck and was being loaded by a shovel when he experienced neck pain.
10/02/2008 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Employee did not report incident until 10/15/2008. Employee was working in the field all day and got grease on his boots. Employee used a citrus degreaser to clean his boots. The degreaser also soa...
09/29/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Crushed left fifth finger.
09/28/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in the Fab Shop. Employee turned on the air to begin air arcing and a foreign object blew into his eye.
09/27/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 9d lost Employee was using a pry bar at the #4B chute and struck his right hand causing a fracture to his right thumb.
09/25/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost Employee states he fell out of the manlift in a shovel, approximately 4 to 5 ft. to the ground.
09/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Changing liners and idlers and plates in a chute, he felt a pull in the groin area - sprain/strain.
09/20/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was lifting a core sample box and felt a pain in his lower back.
09/18/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 9d restricted Employee fractured his finger when he was removing a belly pan off of a dozer.
09/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted EE was unloading a wooden platform off of a utility trailer, when his right knee pooped, he lost his balance and fell approx 18"" off the trailer onto the ground.
09/14/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was walking the R1B tunnel, when she tripped over a cement slab.
09/09/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a socket wrench to remove a nut. The nut flew out and struck the employee in the mouth and chipped his tooth.
09/08/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was walking to the 52R drill and twisted her ankle.
09/01/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON FATALITY Fatal The victim had been instructing persons making a belt splice. He fell through a 4 foot by 6 foot opening 28 feet to the floor below.
08/31/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee received a laceration when an air connection on an impact broke off and struck him.
08/27/2008 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Drilling started holes, glove caught on chuck twisting left hand and fingers. Strain to Left 1,2,3 fingers
08/22/2008 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee's shift began at 7:00 p.m. on 8/21/2008. Employee was operating a haul truck and was loaded rough at the #11 shovel.
08/21/2008 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on a haul truck. Employee sustained a cut on the forehead when an impact wrench fell and struck him on the hard hat.
08/16/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 21d lost Employee was holding up a power cable. A rock fell on the power cable causing the employee to drop his hand and strike a rock on the ground.
08/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was exiting a haul truck and got into a van and felt something in his eye.
08/11/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 51d lost, 3d restricted Employee's shift began at 7:00 p.m. on 8/10/2008. Employee was operating a haul truck and was involved in a collision with another haul truck.
08/10/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was operating an articulating water truck and began to experience back pain after hitting a dip in the road.
08/09/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 55d restricted Employee tripped over a pipe and struck her knee on the ground.
08/08/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was operating a utility vehicle. Employee was traveling around a corner and the vehicle flipped on the passenger side.
08/08/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 19d lost Employee was a passenger in a utility vehicle. The operator of the vehicle made a left turn and then over-corrected causing the vehicle to flip on its side.