Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc — Accidents

Total: 468 accidents | Fatalities: 2

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/30/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was repairing a 3/4"" plug on a 4"" HDPE pipe while on Cell 12 of the Leachpad. Employee was trying to tighten the 3/4"" plug with a pair of channel locks when it sprayed raffinate towards h...
08/26/2009 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 14d restricted When Shovel 1 experienced a fault while loading Haul Truck 17, the dipper lowered into the bed of the haul truck. The haul truck driver was jostled in her seat while waiting to be loaded.
08/14/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None EE was commuting home on his motorcycle, he was with his job, when he was hit by another contractor on site who was driving a truck; that contractor is responsible for the accident and injury to EE.
07/24/2009 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee was replacing feeder liners in the 2130 feeder #1. He felt ill at the end of the shift. He was treated for dehydration.
07/16/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 24d restricted While three mechanics were loading a torch box onto a flatbed truck, one mechanic heard a pop in his left arm near the bicep resulting in a ruptured bicep tendon.
07/16/2009 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee felt ill after working on the leach stockpile. Employee was treated for dehydration
06/28/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was working under the cathode conveyor when a foreign object fell into his eye.
06/25/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 41d restricted While removing idlers from the 2210 Feeder 002 conveyor in the Secondary Crusher, the mechanic felt pain in his right shoulder.
06/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While lifting an electrical conduit reel into the bed of a pickup truck, the electrician apprentice felt pain in his lower back.
06/22/2009 DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 None Employee began to feel ill after working on the leach stockpile. The employee was treated for dehydration.
05/03/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 96d lost, 45d restricted Employee experienced back pain after performing various tasks throughout the day.
02/13/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Crew was flying in a piece of 8"" pipe with a 90 degree bend 18' X 18'. An initial pick was made and a decision to re-rig was made. The pipe was placed on a concrete slope 1:1. The pipe stayed in...
02/13/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was dismounting a Caterpillar 735 articulating dump truck when he fell approximately 6 feet to the ground.
02/07/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting another employee with stripping wax from a vinyl tile floor. She was mopping a floor that had just been stripped. She slipped and fell on her behind. She was sent to the hospita...
01/01/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing picks on grader. When the employee swung his hammer it glanced off the pick. The employee's thumb contacted a burr on the pick lacerating his hand.
12/18/2008 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 87d lost Employee was cleaning out vertical auger when he accidentally hit the ON switch while leaving his hand in the clean out area. Amputated Index & Middle Finger of right hand
12/15/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 135d lost Employee experienced strain in lower back after the front end of his grader was struck by a haul truck.
12/03/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 144d restricted Employee was lifting a trougher roller onto his left shoulder, when he felt pain.
11/19/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted Trying to extract a bolt from hoist drum with the hammer and bolt, when the hammer slipped off the head of the bolt and hit his little finger.
09/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 31d lost, 11d restricted Employee was hauling a load of 8"" I-Beams on a forklift. One of the beams started to fall off the stack and the employee attempted to replace the beam on the stack. It fell off the stack and landed...
09/15/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The operator of the HT 21 dropped her flashlight under the right side of the driver's seat. When she reached under the seat to retrieve the flashlight, her right hand came in contact with a cotter pi...
09/13/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was helping replace the liners in the secondary crusher on Saturday 9/13/08 between 8 & 9 pm when he believes something entered his eye. He never thought any mre about it until Sunday morning...
09/10/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was in the restroom at the fuel dock. The floor was wet and muddy. The employee slipped and fell, hitting her tail bone on the floor.
09/08/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 13d restricted Employee was originally injured on 9-8-2008 while tripping out HQ rods.He felt pain in his low back. Employee saw his doctor and was released back to full duty. On 10-1-2008 employee complained that t...
08/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While performing visual inspections at the Agglomerators, the mechanic got a foreign object in his left eye.
08/08/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Two employees working with end wrenches. One employee's finger was pinched between the wrenches.
06/24/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was working on the 2410 portable conveyor, and was in the process of removing the soft start panel from the electrical cabinet. When he attempted to remove the soft start his hand was pinched...
06/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost While working at the tankhouse, the EW Operator experienced muscle cramps, dry mouth and was treated for dehydration.
05/24/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 8d restricted While hooking up the reel machine trailer to a four-wheeler ATV, the ATV operator backed up and struck a Leaching employee. The employee fell to the ground and the rear right tire ran over the employ...
05/23/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 12d lost Employee was struck by a four-wheeler ATV on the Leach Pad.
05/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 33d restricted Employees were moving a piece of 6"" steel tubing. An employee on the opposite end dropped his side of the tubing, casuing the injured to catch his finger in a pinch point. Medical treatment - No da...
05/12/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The cathode lifting tool that the employee was using to realign the conveyor chain slipped off the chain and struck the employee on the chin.
04/20/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted Employee was stepping off of his service truck when he slipped and landed on his elbow.
04/16/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted Employee stepped on a rock and twisted her knee.
04/06/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted Employee was installing the cover on the dust collector at the Primary Crusher. As the load was being lifted, his left foot slipped and it struck either the suspended load or the structure.
04/04/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee's finger was caught between grizzly liner steel and fab table when moving liner steel. Tip of left ring finger required stitches to close wound.
03/22/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee saw banding on the ground and picked it up to toss into the dumpster. As he threw it he cut his little finger on his left hand.
03/14/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While two Crush and Convey maintenance employees were unloading a length of 6 inch by 6 inch angle iron from a flatbed truck, the metal slid off and struck one employee on the lower leg resulting in a...
01/28/2008 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 4d lost Individual with another security officer were attempting to move a portable stop sign from side of entry way to the middle of the entry way. A gust of wind caught the sign causing it to strike the emp...
01/22/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 1d lost, 6d restricted Employee was moving a manlift, lost footing while going over rough spot on road, leg slipped through entry and received laceration.
01/07/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was loosening a bolt on the 2280 conveyor when his wrench slipped resulting in a finger laceration.
12/23/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking on the leach pad when he twisted his ankle.
12/14/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 18d restricted While setting a pull of anodes into the staging rack, an anode insulator caught on the rack. The employee attempted to correct the problem by holding on to the anode. The anode fell and struck the e...
12/04/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 21d restricted Employee was working at the 4000 level putting cable on the arm of a cable truck. The cable caught on the bottom of the arm and fell. The employee's thumb was caught by the loop and bent his hand back...
11/21/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Employees were loading spare anodes back into their shipping crates. One of the anodes hung up on the crate and when freed, it fell and landed on the crate and smashed his right thumb.
11/20/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employees were moving anodes on a rail system. One of the employees accidently pushed an anodes off the rails while trying to move it. The anode fell and landed on the employee's foot, fracturing hi...
11/18/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was in the rear swing compartment preparing to tac weld a steel plate (33 X 5 X 2). Employee was holding the plate with his left hand. He reached with his right hand for the welding stinger,...
11/15/2007 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 234d lost Checking the bank, a rock rolled out and hit the employee. He as approx 40' from the bank.
11/12/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting a crew installing a bushing on a 2800 shovel. The employee used a hammer to strike the bushing to help drive it in place. When he struck the bearing (two hardened surfaces) a s...
10/14/2007 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Employee was installing new hoist cables on the 1 shovel. Employee was standing inside of the dipper attempting to get rear cable on the bail of the dipper. A cable sprang loose and struck his leg.