Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc — Accidents

Total: 468 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/09/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 30d lost, 51d restricted Employee missed a step and slipped while attempting to exit the cab of Water Truck 17. Employee fell to the ground hitting their left foot. Employee then climbed back into Water Truck and moved it to...
07/06/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was assigned to shovel and pull drip. At the end of shift the employee noticed tightness in EE's right arm. When employee arrived home, the employee noticed swelling in the right forearm area...
06/26/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was cleaning Shovel 6 pit area when employee struck a rock, jarring employee and causing lower back pain.
06/22/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While employee was exiting the Lube Truck, they missed the step on the ladder and strained left muscle.
06/18/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was pushing cathode sheet to the discard bin when EE felt a tightness in lower back.
06/18/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was finishing a break when the toe of EE's boot got hung up on the seat of the bench causing EE to fall on EE's left knee. The fall caused a small laceration.
06/15/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted The operator of Haul Truck 38 was traveling empty off of the 4675 waste dump when EE hit a pothole, jarring EE causing pain to EE's lower back.
06/14/2021 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was cleaning out radiators at the secondary crushing plant when employee started experiencing heat exhaustion.
06/11/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working on Drill 14, the employee was working out of a man basket attempting to remove a pin from a cylinder. The hammer got caught on the safety cable for the JLG controls causing the magnetic...
06/07/2021 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 30d restricted Employee was removing weeds when EE felt pain in EE's left shoulder after putting pressure to up root a bush with the shovel.
05/25/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee received friction burns by a rope on the interior of left hand when employee grabbed a moving rope to slow the shovel cable lowering from the pole bridges at Shovel 1.
05/18/2021 OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASES OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 4d restricted Employee was conducting maintenance when organic solution splashed on the right leg of EE's PPE. Employee immediately washed off the solution and changed. 5/28, the employee notified the supervisor...
05/16/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 154d restricted While two employees were installing an A/C belt on Haul Truck 25, the a/c compressor fell and hit the employee in the back between the shoulder blades. This resulted in a back contusion.
05/11/2021 NONPOWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Employee stated that EE was moving concrete with a wheelbarrow and strained when EE was pouring out the concrete causing an umbilical hernia.
04/26/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 75d restricted Employee rolled their right ankle stepping down from the inbound gate scale, resulting in a fracture.
04/05/2021 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was driving home in their personal vehicle after working the second shift of the rotation, when EE claims EE blacked out at the wheel.
03/26/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 6d lost, 26d restricted Employee smashed finger while handling a snubber pin. The mechanic threw the 50lb pin onto the dipper and it started to roll back. The mechanic tried to catch the pin but as it fell and hit the serv...
02/23/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While employee was closing the window to a 994 Loader the employee's finger was caught between the window handle and a mounting bracket for a dispatch screen.
02/23/2021 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employee was backing up the Haul Truck to be loaded at the Shovel. The employee turned to roll down the window to hear the horn of the Shovel. While the body was still turned, the shovel operator star...
02/22/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 42d lost, 41d restricted While employee was exiting the cab onto the drill deck, the operator felt a pop in right foot.
02/21/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was pulling a twisted power cable for the #4 shovel on the 4400 level. Employee had both hands on the hot stick, when the cable twisted two of the employee's right fingers came off the handl...
01/01/2021 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 33d restricted Employee was rough loaded while operating a Haul Truck. Shovel lost power causing dipper to drop and make contact with Haul Truck bed.
12/15/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee was removing material from behind the kingpin on the horizontal portable when material sluffed down hitting employee's legs, knocking employee down. Employee hit right lower back on the struc...
12/15/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Employee was working at Lone Star leaching pad, cell 9 mod D. The employee attempted to cross a 12"" and 4"" pipe that was butted together by stepping over. EE stepped on 4"" pipe to get over 12"" pip...
11/13/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Two employees were attempting to lift a crusher lube pump from the back of a pickup. The employee lost grip on the pump due to oil on the pump and EE's gloves. This caused the pump to fall and smash t...
10/14/2020 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 26d restricted When employee was stepping over a pile that they were in the process of cleaning, EE stepped on a rock causing left ankle to roll.
10/01/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted While attempting to hook up a Grinch Winch on the back of a Polaris Ranger, the employee experienced pain in the lower back.
09/28/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted Employee strained lower back while throwing a bag of ice onto the drill deck.
09/03/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was reeling in hose from water truck, the employee smashed the tip of EE's right thumb between the hose reel handle and the hose locking mechanism, resulting in re-embedding of the nail...
09/03/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was operating a grader, the employee got what EE believed to be dust in EE's eye.
09/03/2020 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 102d lost, 32d restricted According to an independent medical review and MRI imaging received 10/6/20, the operator returned to work too early from a personal surgical repair, with the movement of the motor grader controls on...
08/24/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 42d lost, 64d restricted Operator on Loader 9 was loading trucks when EE went into the bank, the loader struck a hard spot. This caused the loader bucket to shift and the operator felt pain in EE's lower back.
08/18/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 13d lost The employee was in process of changing ropes on shovel 2. While EE was lifting the ropes they, stepped forward on to a rock wrong which caused them to twist, hurting their back.
07/27/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted A water truck driver twisted EE's left ankle while dismounting EE's water truck on the last night of EE's five scheduled night shifts. Employee reported to work on 7/31 after four scheduled days off,...
07/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was reeling in a water hose at the back of a water truck. A metal containment box lid fell and smashed the employee's left index finger resulting in stitches.
04/13/2020 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While employee was getting into the cab of Water Truck 2 the wind caught the driver side door and slammed it shut while the employee's hand was in the door jamb, causing a laceration that required sti...
04/09/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 33d lost, 224d restricted Employee was standing next to the fusing machine and took a step back and slipped and fell to the ground receiving a small cut to their elbow and felt pain in left shoulder.
04/02/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dismantling an old screen using a pry bar. While attempting to loosen a lower piece of angle iron, another piece of angle iron fell from higher section of the screen, striking employee on...
04/01/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Shovel Mechanic was removing a wedge from the tooth adapter using an impact gun when the bit got stuck inside the wedge. In the attempt to remove the bit from the wedge, the mechanic suffered a smashe...
03/27/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 63d restricted Operator was unplugging a feeder using mental bar when the bar slipped and pinched EE's right pinky finger causing a laceration and fracture.
03/25/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 3d lost While employee was closing a rolling gate, their left ring finger was caught between a roller and the roller guide, amputating the tip of the employee's ring finger.
03/18/2020 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted While operator was performing pre-operational inspection of haul truck, the employee rolled the ankle walking on the ground around the haul truck.
03/17/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was installing a ground insulator onto a pole at the lineman yard (Clifton Training Center) when tightening a nut with an impact wrench, employee's left pointer finger was cut by a cotter key...
03/03/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 49d restricted While Employee was moving cable around the pole bridge, employee's left middle finger was smashed between pole bridge and the shovel cable.
02/26/2020 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A rubber tire dozer operator ran over a pothole while jaw was clenched. Afterward, they realized they had chipped one of their lower right molars.
02/19/2020 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 7d restricted A mechanic was cutting a zip tie off a wire harness with a razor. When EE broke the zip tie the blade slipped, striking EE's hand. This resulted in a laceration between the left thumb and pointer fing...
01/25/2020 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost As the operator pushed down, EE was backing up on uneven ground/boulder and the dozer slammed down which jarred the operator in the cab.
01/16/2020 OTHER DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was performing continuity checks in electrical shop. While kneeling to reach a power strip the employee began to feel numbness in right leg. Upon standing a sharp pain was felt in the right h...
01/14/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was re-mounting drill after getting water and while boarding the equipment employee jammed a thumb into the handrail, causing severe pain.
01/02/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted Employee was removing chocks from vehicle and felt muscle pull in back.