Mining Incidents

Phelps Dodge CorpController

MSHA Controller ID: M00136
Fatalities
2
Total incidents
1,000
Mines on record
14
Period

Top causes

  • OTHER1 fatality · 30 non-fatal
  • EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE1 fatality · 1 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS361 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON203 non-fatal
  • MACHINERY112 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)112 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2007
88
2006
313
2005
214 (1f)
2004
152
2003
122
2002
111 (1f)

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

Fatalities under this controller

2 recorded
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY LEAKS IN A PONTOON ON A PUMP BARGE. APPARENTLY HE CONNECTED A COMPRESSOR TO THE END PLATE OF THE PONTOON VIA A THREADED NIPPLE, A HOSE WITH A VALVE AND AN AIR PRESSURE GAUGE. THE END OF THE PONTOON RUPTURED AND APPEARS TO HAVE HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, THE EXACT PROCEDURE & POSITION OF EE'S BODY DURING THE

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ALLEGEDLY SUSTAINED A SPONTANEOUS FRACTURE OF THE LEFT ANKLE WALKING ON A CONVERYOR BELT WALKWAY.