Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc — Accidents

Total: 468 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
02/13/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was headed back to the pit after dumping out, when EE hit a pothole in the road which caused pain to be felt in the upper back.
02/12/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee smashed their first digit of the right hand when EE was in the haul truck driver seat and reached over the buddy seat, pulling the passenger door closed.
02/10/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 2d lost, 16d restricted While employee was performing their pre-shift walk around, they tripped over a handle for a cover on the haul truck deck and landed on their left side against the fire suppression system, bruising the...
01/31/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 33d lost Employee was attempting to dismount Rubber Tire Dozer, when the employee tripped, fell on the deck and felt pain in left leg.
01/31/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee received contusion of the left hand when pressing the release for the dump lever on their haul truck and felt left hand pain.
01/27/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 9d restricted EE was putting away parts in the connex, as EE went to close the door, EE smashed right hand which resulted in the smashing of the right-hand middle finger. EE came inside and immediately reported the...
01/11/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted While employee was backing under shovel dipper to get loaded, the steering got tight and hard to turn, causing the operator to feel a pop in the left shoulder while trying to steer.
01/06/2023 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Haul Truck operator dumped out on waste dump when EE hit a pothole while exiting the dump causing EE to bounce in the seat. The operator felt a ""jar"" in their back.
12/13/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 46d restricted While employee was performing their daily task installing a bracket on a repeater pole, they struck their left hand with a 4-pound sledgehammer, causing swelling.
12/01/2022 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The driver was bit by a wild coyote and is currently following rabies vaccination protocol.
11/14/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 54d restricted While releasing the park brake, the switch came back and hit operator in the palm, causing pain to right hand and wrist.
11/09/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While the employee was raising boarding ladder of the Haul Truck, the employee had back turned away from the ladder as it was being raised. Left wrist was caught in pinch point when ladder reached the...
11/05/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 41d restricted The operator was dismounting the Haul Truck when EE missed a step descending the staircase of the truck. This resulted in an injury to the right knee.
10/29/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted When reaching back to set the parking brake lever on Haul Truck, the employee stated they felt pain and stinging in right arm. Employee received restrictions 11/4/22.
10/26/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None Employee was attempting to reposition cathode on strongback. Cathode fell smashing left middle finger between cathode and discharge chain severing the tip.
10/24/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 38d restricted A boulder fell out of the dipper teeth into Haul Truck bed, causing a rough load, resulting in neck and shoulder pain.
09/29/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 153d restricted While engaging the bank to get a dipper full of material the teeth encountered a hard bottom jarring the shovel. This caused the foot latch on the operator seat to release, and the operator seat to sl...
09/25/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was using the handle of the hammer to hold the bolt's head in place while another employee was running the impact. The bolt spun and the employee's hand slipped, coming in contact with the sp...
09/20/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 64d lost, 44d restricted Employee was trying to reel up a cable for the shot. Employee had to use the back step to fix the cable on the reel. When finished, EE stepped down and felt a pain in EE's right ankle.
09/16/2022 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was signaling crane to lower load. The load was being placed in front of crane and light plant was in EE's line of sight. Injured employee bent over to place cribbing on the ground. The load...
09/07/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Due to a BO valve that over rotated past the open and close ""stops"" created a strike point between the valve and the upright pipeline support for the fuel line. The employee's middle right finger w...
08/21/2022 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee operating an extended reach forklift was pushing the Point Sheave into the bore that accommodates the weldment lock. An employee was holding the weldment lock plate. The fork slid off and pin...
08/20/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 85d lost, 37d restricted The employee tripped on the stairs coming from cab of Shovel 2 down to the house of the shovel, injuring the left knee.
07/27/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 87d lost The employee was rolling up hose reel 10wt on lube truck 09. When the hose got to the end of rolling up, it spun out of EE's hand control and struck the right side of EE's face. The coupling on the en...
07/21/2022 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was torqueing lug nuts on right front wheel of LD02, using a pneumatic torque gun. While positioning the torque gun and socket on a lug nut, EE did not move hand before pulling the trigger, s...
07/19/2022 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was working on the PH cleaning of the reverse osmosis (RO) system but did not notice that the temperature was rising. EE went to take a break in the work truck AC. While taking the break, EE...
07/13/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 28d restricted Employee was a passenger in a light vehicle on July 13,2022 when a man van failed to stop in time approaching a stop sign and rear ended the light vehicle causing lower back soreness. Restricted Duty...
06/30/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 52d lost, 43d restricted Employee was walking back to the Polaris when employee stepped over a berm and twisted right ankle. The employee continued to walk towards the Polaris and twisted the ankle a second time.
06/28/2022 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 75d lost, 21d restricted Employee (Employee 1) was working at the hoist drum with another employee (Employee 2) during hoist rope change. Employee 2 was running the hoist tuggers and Employee1 was working to guide the end of...
05/26/2022 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 22d restricted Employee rounded a 90 degree corner on personal motorcycle and lost control, skidding along pavement on 5/26/22. Employee was evaluated at the ER 5/26 and Occ Med 5/27. Upon 4th follow-up appointment...
05/26/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 92d restricted Employee was walking down the stairs of Haul Truck, when EE felt a pop in the left knee.
04/28/2022 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was sitting in a chair, when they bent over to pull up white coveralls and felt sharp pain in back.
04/26/2022 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 136d restricted Driller was attempting to slide the casing up the rod slide from the rod table and lost control of the casing when EE#'s right hand slipped off, causing it to drop down the slide unexpectedly. This r...
04/20/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was collecting samples on a drill pattern, when EE stepped over a track left by the drill and lost EE's footing on loose material, causing EE to fall and injure EE's right knee.
03/31/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was walking down stairs of Haul Truck 35, when EE's knee gave out. Felt pain in the left knee and was unable to put pressure on it.
03/21/2022 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The driller was using a hex tool wrench to remove a 2"" pipe fitting from the side inlet body. While pushing hard to break the fitting, the wrench slipped and EE's hand struck the drill mast. Wrong to...
01/22/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While operator was changing between equipment, the employee's right eye began to feel irritated. EE was seen by Rescue and sent to ER for further evaluation. The operator received prescription treatme...
01/20/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None When employee was getting back into their equipment (Dozer 14), the tip of the right index finger was smashed in the cab door, resulting in stitches.
12/13/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 87d restricted Individual was working on laying out 30 foot sections of drill pipe onto the pipe handling table. Individual caught EE's hand between the drill pipe and fixed drill rod slide, that resulted in a fract...
10/29/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee complained of neck and back pain after receiving the first dipper of material from Shovel 6.
10/21/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee was getting loaded at Shovel 6 with left arm resting on the window. Resulting in shoulder pain.
10/15/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 71d lost, 66d restricted Employee was stepping into man van at beginning of shift when employee felt knee pop. Upon exiting the van, employee felt pain and was unable to put weight on left leg.
10/03/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted An operator and trainee on Haul Truck 22 were rough loaded at Shovel 4. The operator proceeded to dump load, tied down and contacted supervisor to report event. This resulted in the operator to experi...
09/19/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Miner was unloading the top piece of a 2 piece bypass wedge from the bed of a pickup. In doing so the wedge slid down the plastic protective cover of tailgate, and miner tried to catch the piece from...
08/23/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee started experiencing back pain after the man van hit a pothole on the haul road coming in at shift change the previous day.
08/04/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 4d lost, 38d restricted Employee lost footing going down the stairs of Shovel 4. Employee slipped and tumbled to the ground and suffered impacts to EE's left rib cage, back, and one knee. Employee was transported to ER, X-...
08/02/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee cut their middle finger on a sheet of copper while attempting to remove an imbedded pre-strip clip from a bundle with a crowbar. The laceration required two stitches.
07/29/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was exiting the Man Van at the Crusher Road Tiedown when employee rolled right ankle.
07/28/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 37d restricted While attempting to turn at the Crusher pocket, the employee noticed the steering was tight on Haul Truck 27 and continued making the turn. This resulted in the employee feeling pain in their left sho...
07/18/2021 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 99d restricted The operator was bending down to pick up a drill pad that needed adjusted prior to unloading Drill 15 off of the Tow Boy. As EE bent down, EE felt a pop in EE's knee, and EE fell to the ground. This...