Outside Foreman, Leadman fatality

April 4, 2013 at 2:47 PM

Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc · Yavapai County, AZ

Investigator narrative

The crew was attempting to align a section of pipe, which is 40 feet long, when the 2 pipes disconnected and 1 end of the pipe that the crew was trying to install slipped out of the joint and struck the employee. An excavator was being used to position a 36"" pipe diameter by 40' long section pipe to connect it to another section of pipe.

Record details

Classification: FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Activity at time: Machine Maintenance
Subunit / location: MILL OPERATION/PREPARATION PLANT
Source of injury: RBR,GLS,PLSTC,FIBRGLS,FAB
Nature of injury: MULTIPLE INJURIES
Total mining experience: 6.15 years
Experience at this mine: 3.06 years
Experience in this job: 0.06 years
Mine type: Surface
Sector: Metal/Nonmetal

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