Mining Incidents

Freeport-McMoRan Inc controller

MSHA controller ID: 0067299

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Fatalities
11
Total incidents
5192
Mines on record
19
Years on record
2007–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2007
12,951
citations
2,411
significant & substantial
$11,160,296
proposed penalties
$9,734,125
paid to date
87% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $1,426,171 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2007
1,755
inspections on record
142,535
inspection hours
9.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
12,951 citations across 142,535 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$11.2M
proposed penalties
$10.1M
current assessed
$9.7M
paid to date
$317K
outstanding
12,569 assessments are final orders; 237 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-28.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
115
2025
271
2024
312
2023
302

Operators under this controller

Mines on record

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