Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. — Accidents

Total: 2,848 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/12/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 15d restricted The ground laborer was attempting to connect rope to the right hand side of the blade of the 10 rubbertire dozer. The rubbertire operator moved the rubbertire forward so the ground laborer could hook...
08/10/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was walking uphill and tripped on a small rock. He struck a rock with his left hand cutting his palm. The cut required sutures.
08/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was working on a belt at the I-1A tunnel in the process of changing out a bracket. When the bracket came loose, his finger was caught between the bracket & a support, cutting his finger. He receive...
08/08/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 21d restricted Employee was sitting in the passenger seat of the 543 Haul truck when the truck hit a rut in the road. She felt discomfort in her back.
08/07/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While shutting down 3RD PLS Booster Employee went to close valves he was walking between two pumps when stepped toward the valves his ankle twisted.
08/06/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was scooping mist balls out of the cell while he was doing cell maintenance in the Stargo Tankhouse. Electrolyte got on his coverall pant legs causing burns to his ankles and on his right arm...
08/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was pulling tool box to work area in the shop and pulled tool box on top of his left foot. Employee called in on 8/3/06, he could not get his boot on.
08/02/2006 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee bent down to look at a valve on a table and felt/heard something pop in his left knee
07/31/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted The 512 Haul Truck was leaving the SRC dump, as he was making the turn down the ramp he started to slide, he then tried to correct the slide and slid into the 521 Haul Truck who was coming up on the l...
07/28/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 14d lost EE was digging in bank with loader. A rock came down and hit loader bucket. This jarred the loader. He complained of discomfort in rib area. He asked to go home, and no other action was taken. ***...
07/27/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While climbing down off the Cat D-10 bulldozer employee slipped and fell. He held onto the handrail with his right arm. When he fell all his weight pulled on his right arm and shoulder.
07/25/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 222d lost Pulled metal forms with boomtruck and after removing the rigging off the metal forms, one of the metal forms fell over the ee's foot.
07/18/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was operating a 793 Caterpillar Haul truck and was being loaded at a shovel. The shovel loaded the truck with some large material jarring the truck operator.
07/17/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee picked up a 3/4 ton come-along off the ground and strained his right elbow
07/15/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was spotting a dozer and haul trucks. He was walking on a rocky uneven terrain. He slipped on a rock and twisted his right ankle.
07/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Employee was moving pipe threader, hanging new conduit & pulling old cable when he developed soreness in his lower back.
07/13/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was driving Mack dumptruck downhill. He lost brake pressure while trying to downshift. The employee tried to manuever the truck around a corner and the truck tipped and fell over on the driv...
07/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was working on a 793, removing a final drive. The bed was raised and the truck had dried mud on it. Employee was struck on the top of the right shoulder. Employee continued working, and after...
07/03/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost Employee was operating a bulldozer, talking on a cell phone, and backed the dozer striking the wall inside the coarse ore bin area causing him to hit his head.
07/03/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An Employee was walking from her car towards the mine gate. She states that she felt something in her left eye, after the shift had started her eye still felt uncomfortable.
07/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost EE pinched index finger while changing drill bit.
06/27/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was stepping down from the RY77 Flatbed Truck after parking it at the RW Garage glass line. His hand got stuck on the grab handle as he stepped down placing full weight on right arm resultin...
06/24/2006 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was investigating noise under the North Stacker MSC. He stood up and struck metal object with his left upper shoulder.
06/22/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was removing a digging point when he hit the side of the point with a pin punch and a piece of metal flew off and hit him in the arm.
06/22/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 10d lost, 66d restricted Injured was walking on an existing catwalk above the coarse ore bin roof. The catwalk has hand rail on the side with fall potential. Other crafts were working on the catwalk. Injured started to walk a...
06/21/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting fiberglass handrail with 5"" grinder. The blade hung up and kicked the grinder back causing a laceration to employee's forearm.
06/19/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was walking up the steps to the Morenci mine office when he was stung twice in the neck by an insect before the beginning of shift.
06/13/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was operating a 793 Haul Truck. The operator hit a bump and felt a sharp pain in upper back.
06/08/2006 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee displayed signs and symptoms of heat illness and was transported to the clinic for treatment.
06/07/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee reported irritation in his eye and was taken to clinic for treatment and a small metal object was removed from eye.
06/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted Employee was starting work at 6.30 am. While stepping into the LS-51 Utility truck she felt a pain in her back.
06/02/2006 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was shoveling in the heat of day and became light headed.
06/01/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A gust of wind blew dust into employees eyes.
06/01/2006 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee showed syptoms of Heat Illness and was taken to the clinic and treated for dehydration.
05/31/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 122d lost Employee was stepping into the elevator inside the Metcalf secondary crusher when she felt pain in her right knee.
05/26/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was sitting in his 769D dump truck waiting to be loaded. The loader operator hit the wrong control and the loader boom came down hard on the dump truck bed twice causing EE's back to pop. Employe...
05/25/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The 523 was traveling loaded off of Coronado headed down the Northwest ramp. While in the ore lane at approximately the 5150 level the engine compartment caught fire. Employee sprained ankle while d...
05/19/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 51d lost Employee while slaking a load of lime was splashed with lime slurry resulting in chemical burns. Employee was inspecting the level in the slaker when lime splashed out of the tank and on to her.
05/17/2006 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted While employee was walking he felt his knee twist causing a knee sprain.
05/15/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 41d lost Operator of the T542 struck a berm at the King leach 5650 after dumping out,in route back to a shovel.
05/09/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Cutting plastic pipe with utility knife and cut left index finger.
05/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was pulling up his chair and received a laceration on his left index finger.
05/08/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee felt pain in his knee when walking down stairway from 1st floor to the bottom of Crusher 1.
05/04/2006 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee was using a chipping gun wearing a face shield and safety glasses. EE stopped working, raised face shield & felt something in his eye. He immediately flushed the eye with water & reported the...
05/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost Employee was working at the PW22 well installing a new pump when the monitor pipe hung up on the switch gear and pulled the switch gear off the back of the boom truck. The switch gear struck the empl...
05/02/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee had an inch and a half wrench on the fill plug. He pulled on the wrench end, the plug was over tightened. I put both hands on it and pulled hard and it came loose, I fell backwards and hit my...
05/01/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost EE was standing in the back of flatbed truck stacking tires. He turned and lifted a tire up to stack it and felt a pull on the lower right side of his back. EE was taken to the clinic. Sent home.
04/27/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assigned to clean up from belt splice at the tail of the S-12. He was gathering rubber strips and placing them in a trash bag, the strip was entangled so he started cutting strip with bel...
04/26/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using a torch to remove a bolt on a ball mill in the west repair bay. He was holding the torch in his right hand and bracing the bolt with his left. The torch got too close to the bolt b...
04/26/2006 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 7d lost Bit by ant while in substation. It turned into a staff infection.