Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. — Accidents

Total: 2,848 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/13/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was stripping wire with a razor knife. The knife slipped and he cut his left hand.
02/12/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating a dozer, another employee was operating an end dump and was given the signal to dump by the spotter. The spotter then realized that the dozer had moved but the material was alr...
02/11/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 19d restricted Employee was pulling electrical wire up on cable tray on conveyor. The rope they were using to pull with came undone. The cable fell down and struck him on his hand causing a hairline fracture to his...
02/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing used ripper points from the back of his service truck. After tossing the next to last ripper point and reaching for the last ripper point, the employee felt something impact his...
02/06/2007 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was stung by a bee as she walked to the front gate. The bite site of right arm got infected and was treated. Ongoing.
02/05/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 10d restricted Employee was loading pulley onto truck using forklift when pulley rolled off of forks and smashed employee's fingers between bearing housing and torch box.
02/05/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was pulling 3a shorthead crusher and while exiting the stairs by the 2b shorthead he turned at bottom of stairs at ground level and stepped on pin on step bearing plate causing sprain to righ...
02/05/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Steel plate was pressed down and tacked in place. Employee then took position on top of plate to continue welding. While sitting on plate performing job duties, the tacks failed causing a sudden relea...
02/01/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Drill string hung up and then dropped, smashing employee's right thumb between water swivel and chuck jaws.
02/01/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted During shift change Employee was moving toward the back of the 140-0 van to be seated. The individual driving the van began to move while employee was still upright causing them to fall. The driver o...
02/01/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was driving water truck w/air seat, truck went over bump and employee's hard hat hit roof of cab causing him to bite down hard and fracture tooth
01/28/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Mechanic was moving a bottle of oxygen and lost his footing. He fell backward onto a piece of angle iron directly onto his buttocks.
01/28/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The operator of the 564 HT was backed up in a trench in an attempt to dump his truck. After dumping out the operator pulled out of the trench and in the process the front of his truck came off the gr...
01/24/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The operator of the 520 HT was turning around on the 5700 L Dump. The steering wheel whipped back around catching the operator's left thumb pulling it back.
01/23/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was at the SX Central working overtime on the SU-33 water truck. He exited the driver's cab and stepped down and his left ankle twisted/popped on him.
01/23/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None At the truck shop in front of pad 14 while dismounting the operator of the T501 missed the bottom step and fell backwards making contact,on the cement pad cutting his head.
01/21/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost While tightening fitting on a hydraulic hose on the 536, the adjustable wrench that the employee was using slipped causing him to hit his body under his right armpit. He felt a sharp pain.
01/19/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The cable crew laborers were hanging bridges on the ramp leaving the 13 shovel. As the Laborer was attempting to hold the rope while it was to be tied off, the rope started to slip. The laborer let g...
01/19/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost The Operator of the 81 crawler was pulling himself up onto the equipment when the employee slipped on the wet surface sustaining injuries.
01/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While spraying at the A1A splitter, the employee was struck by muck and water in the face when co-worker sprayed toward him. Employee was taken to clinic and treated.
01/16/2007 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE called the 402 and said that she hit a pot hole on the way to the 10 shovel. She was having pain in her neck and back.
01/13/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted Was cleaning and cutting concrete anchor bolts with a cutting torch. When he stood up and stepped backwards, he tripped on a concrete peir and fell. When he fell over backwards he caught himself wit...
01/12/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While dismounting the 511 HT for a bathroom break, the operator appears to have pulled/stretched his groin area.
01/12/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted While burning the fastners off the hold down bracket on the thrust block on a 12 line for the Tailings Dam at the 7-C deep well south of silver basin, an employee was adjusting his torch after lightin...
01/11/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 21d restricted Employee was connecting iron frame work on a structure when he felt a pain in the groin area. He reported it on 1/12/07.
01/11/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was carrying a 5 gallon bucket of concentrate. He was stepping over a drisco pipe, slipped and sprained his ankle.
01/11/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The operator of the 65 shovel was loading the T557 and on the third dipper, the dipper clipped the duck tail.
01/10/2007 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking out from under cell line after observing work that was being done under A- cell line when a foreign object fell into employee's left eye.
01/10/2007 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While employee was assisting the operator of the forklift, they were in the process of lifting a gear using a lifting sling. Both employees were focusing on the position of the forks and the sling and...
01/08/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working underneath a pickup and foreign matter dropped into right eye. Went to doctor on 1/9/08, however did not receive doctor's notes indicating prescription medication was given to hi...
01/03/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Area was muddy, employee was assisting to remove grating and slipped then felt pain in his lower back. Transported to clinic for evaluation.
01/03/2007 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was welding on a service truck using an older welding hood. He did not see any bright flashes through the hood while welding through out the day. When he left for home he was not having any...
12/31/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was stepping down off a ladder. He slipped on a muddy step and sprained his right ankle.
12/27/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was running an impact in one hand and had a wrench in the other hand. Hit the trigger on the impact and the wrench jumped back against left wrist. Didn't have pain at first. As time went on s...
12/26/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee received a laceration and fracture of rt. index finger on metal banding while closing drill cab door.
12/22/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was assigned to the 570 HT was performing a pre-op inspection at the start of graveyard shift. After checking the fire supression system on the deck of the haul truck, the employee turned and...
12/21/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was standing on steel ring driving bolt out with 20 lb. sledgehammer. The hammer deflectd off ring and hit worker int he foot knocking him off his feet. He fell onto ring striking rib cage and...
12/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was working in the 14 to S10 chute and was climbing down the ladder. Employee stepped on co-worker's foot and felt a pop on the left foot.
12/20/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee lost footing as he was descending a stairway. Employee rolled left foot and fell. He was taken to clinic for observation.
12/18/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Setting speader bar for fusion machine pipe saws and got hand pinched (two dingers-1 w/laceration requires sutures).
12/15/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted Employee was stepping back off the short head and lost his footing. He fell to the ground from a height of 1 and 1/2 feet.
12/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 8d lost Two employees were removing a metal liner from the 1 crusher discharge conveyor. While bringing the liner down to the catwalk one of the employees lost his grip which caused the second employee to be...
12/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was coming down the ladder after fueling a service truck. His foot slipped off the last step and he fell on his back hitting a metal beam on his lower left side fracturing a rib.
12/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was on the CMT 4955 fixing a broken fitting. Turned to walk away and stepped on a rock and twisted to the right and fell down, twisting right knee to the outside.
12/07/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing idler frame and was trying to knock out bolt using hammer and pin. Employee missed pin striking left index finger.
12/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 34d lost While loading copper cathode onto 4 stripping machine receiving conveyor, employee had one copper cathode fall from cathode strongback and hit thumb on left hand causing an avulsion to left thumb.
12/02/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted In the belt splicing process next to the R4 conveyor system, employee was stripping rubber off of cables to prepare for splice. Using razor knife to clean off rubber from cables, knife slipped off of...
11/28/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was walking down a flight of 3 steps. When employees left foot touched the bottom of the steps, his ankle popped and twisted.
11/27/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 84d lost While moving 12? feed line off of the top of the 4 west dam (south face). Dozer was pushing the pipe off the top bank away from the valve. Pipe struck another employee as it was being moved.
11/21/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted Employee was drilling with a hammer drill when the bit got stuck causing the drill housing to rotate twisting his finger.