Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. — Accidents

Total: 2,848 accidents | Fatalities: 4

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
04/23/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While stripping a conveyor belt for installation the employee received a slight cut on his left leg above his knee when another employee who was also stripping the belt knife slipped upward grazing th...
04/20/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was assisting another in removing a drain cover on the F filter. He was holding a board designed to direct the discharge away from the filter. As the cover was removed some electrolyte sp...
04/19/2006 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Materials Technician was emptying concrete from wheelbarrow when wheelbarrow turned sideways twisting technician's back.
04/11/2006 ALL OTHER OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESSES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was shoveling material to clear a jam at the crusher. The dust from the crusher along with the onset of pneumonia caused him to have an asthma attack.
04/10/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was carrying a light fixture from the electric shop to his vehicle. While carrying the fixture he walked from the cement area onto dirt. The ground was unlevel and he stumbled twisting his an...
04/09/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 11d restricted The employee was picking up a pump and twisted his back.
04/05/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost Operator was leaving the North Stacker pad to end night shift. The operator decided to go down along the 13B. Traveling down from the head the operator was unable to make the left hand turn in a dow...
04/03/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was hammering T-posts with a 16 lb hammer. The hammer glanced of the post causing his right index finger to strike the post lacerating his finger which required sutures.
04/03/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was mounting a tire on a wheel, the top bead did not fully mount right. Employee grabbed a bead hammer and struck the bead once, the bead still did not fully mount so employee struck t...
03/31/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working in a lay down area when a wind storm blew dust into his eye. The employee rubbed his eyes causing the foreign body to become embedded. Unable to remove foreign body from eye with...
03/26/2006 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was on the 16 shovel wiring the crowd motor. She was squatting to tighten up a connector. When she stood back up, she felt her knee tighten and cramped up.
03/23/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee was centering driplines when he became entangled and was pulled off his feet. Upon impact employee injured his right knee/hamstring area.
03/22/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While pushing the bit basket over the rail of the drill, the operator felt his right wrist pop.
03/22/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was cleaning the left side catwalk on the tail of the P5 conveyor. When the air blasters at the head of the P4 conveyor discharged a 3 inch rock was ejected and decsended down towards the tai...
03/18/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 23d restricted Employee went down to the R1A to check feeders, while doing a visual by feeder 4 employee fell through a grating on the walkway, landed on the R1A conveyer going through three feeders and then jumped...
03/16/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee cut left index finger on a razor sharp metal mill chip when removing the cutting collar from the portable bore bar.
03/15/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was using a jackhammer for concrete demo. The jackhammer hit a piece of rebar in the concrete causing the hammer to bounce out of his hands and land on his right shin.
03/14/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was placing a jack stand under channel iron so it could be leveled. Bolts were in place at opposite end but were loose. The channel iron rendered and caught the employee's hand between the ch...
03/13/2006 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted As employee was ascending the stairway immediately at S/R office, her left foot did not clear the 2nd step and she fell forward. Her knee landed on step.
03/07/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 5d lost, 4d restricted Performing maintenance on shovel. Employee lifted j-bar up from the bottom to remove shims from under the latch lever. When he had the j-bar up high enough, he moved it over, out of the hole, and tr...
02/28/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While unloading a box off of a flatbed truck, the contents, (Pipe cutter) fell out of box and landed on employee's left thigh.
02/26/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Overshot became snagged on bolt, when it slipped free it struck employee in right hand fracturing middle finger.
02/25/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted The operator of the 15 shovel reached down to adjust his seat in the cab when he had a sharp pain in his lower back.
02/20/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted Employee was climbing down from berm when rock slipped from underneath his foot causing his knee to twist.
02/14/2006 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted EE WAS ARK GOUGIN, THE CARBBON ROD STUCK AND HOT PIECE FELL INTO THIS R BOOT COVER CAUSING A SMALL BURN. 1ST AID WAS ADMINISTRERED TO BURN, AND EE COMPLETED HIS SHIFT. ON 2/17 HIS LEG WAS HURTING AND...
02/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted A Shovel Maintenance repairman was helping straighten out the hoist cables on the 10 shovel. He was lifting them with his hands to help straighten them out. As he was doing this, he felt a strain in...
02/07/2006 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was cleaning under C cell line at the Central Tankhouse when he felt a burning sensation on his neck.
02/02/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was at the Modoc Leaching offices meeting with a metallurgist when he began to notice irritation to his eye. Employee flushed his eye and it did not help so employee contacted his supervisor.
02/02/2006 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee performing demolition work was bit by a AZ brown spider
02/01/2006 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The repairman was using a 16lb double jack hammer to loosen the corner shroud when the hammer made contact with the shroud a peice of metal broke off and flew up under the face shield that he was wear...
01/31/2006 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While trying to drain a lean line in the Central Tank farm one of the isolation valves was leaking by. When one valve was slightly opened it caused electrolyte to pressure up in the drain line,(the dr...
01/27/2006 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was operating the 115 tire service truck and was returning to the tire shop from a callout. As he was traveling down the North West extension haul ramp he lost control of the vehicle and tur...
01/24/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted Employee was shoveling on the 1 1/2 floor at the Inpit Crusher 2. As he swung shovel upwards after loading it with material the shovel hung up on uneven flooring causing straining in the right shoulde...
01/16/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was using grinder and rested the grinder on his leg before it stopped spinning.
01/15/2006 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working on the 6 shorthead crusher. Employee was going to weld D rings on the main frame wear liners. The liner moved smashing his right ring finger and middle finger.
01/13/2006 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None WHILE JACKHAMMERING, A CHUNK OF CONCRETE FELL AGAINST FINGER CAUSING A CUT.
01/13/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was fixing an anode that had fallen off the anode gutting strongback. While using the proper tool to fix the anode Employee bumped another anode that was on the strongback causing it to fall...
01/12/2006 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 357d lost DRIVER OF WATER TRUCK WAS HAULING WATER TO JOB SITE WHEN HE ENCOUNTERED ICE ON ROAD WAY CAUSING ENGINE BREAK TO STALL THE TRUCK ENGINE, RESULTING IN THE DRIVER LOSING CONTROL OF TRUCK. THE TRUCK OVER...
01/12/2006 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking in front of the electrical shop parking lot when she stepped on a rock and twisted her right ankle.
01/08/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was doing his daily visual inspections in the Secondary Crusher when his eye became irritated from dust.
01/03/2006 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 56d lost, 9d restricted Employee was in the process of changing digging points on an electric shovel when his finger was pinched between two of the digging points
12/19/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was moving stainless steel blank into a rack and smashed tip of finger between steel rack and lifting device.
11/29/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Electrician strained his lower back while helping to lift a 480 volt disconnect on November 29, 2005. The employee did not seek medical attention until December 19, 2005.
11/28/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS ALL OTHER CASES (INCL 1ST AID) None Employee inhaled vapors of HCL/HF mixture.
11/22/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee inadvertantly made contact with his left eye with his glove which had a small amount of hydrochloric acid on it.
11/18/2005 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted The dipper on the 14 shovel hit the ducktail on the 572 haul truck.
11/16/2005 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees ratchet malfunctioned resulting in a laceration on his right hand.
11/13/2005 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was replacing snubber pin on 13 shovel dipper. After welding on the keeper he chipped away the slag from the weld and a small piece went into his right ear.
11/11/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was pulling out air hose (on reel), hose caught on something and stuck. Employee felt pain in his abdomen at this time.
11/10/2005 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Placing piperoller in back of truck with forklift.