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Phelps Dodge Corp controller

MSHA controller ID: M00136

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Fatalities
18
Total incidents
3459
Mines on record
30
Years on record
1983–2007
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
2,314
citations
379
significant & substantial
$500,869
proposed penalties
$450,671
paid to date
90% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $50,198 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
320
inspections on record
26,714
inspection hours
8.7
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.
2,314 citations across 26,714 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.
$501K
proposed penalties
$451K
current assessed
$451K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
2,287 assessments are final orders; 24 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2008-09-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

Top causes

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

18 recorded
November 29, 2005 NM · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) Fatality · EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company · 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

December 20, 2002 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator Fatality · OTHER
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc. · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

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

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