Mining Incidents

Safford Branch Metal/Non-Metal

Phelps Dodge Corp · Underground
Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Graham County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0200299

MSHA record for Safford Branch (mine ID 0200299). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Oct 1984
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

October 24, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phelps Dodge Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

I.NAME & I.NAME WERE INSTALLING A BUSING ON THE DIPPER ARM OF A FRONT END LOADER USING A HYDRAULIC PUMP. THE PUMP WAS IMPROPERLY PLACED AND WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED IT POPPED OUT STIKING HIM LEFT UPPER ARM

1983 · 1 incident

November 16, 1983 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Phelps Dodge Corp · Fall from machine

LARUE WAS PREPARING TO INSTALL TWO LOWER TRACK ROLLERS ON THE D8H TRACTOR. IN ORDER TO LIFT IT FOR CLEARANCE LARUE LOWERED THE RIPPER TOOTH TO THE REAR OF THE UNIT AND POWERED IT INTO THE GROU ND. THIS CAUSED IT TO LIFT OFF THE TWO REAR PEDESTALS IT WAS SET ON AND RESULTED IN A THREE POINT SUPPORT. AS LARUE WAS CLIMBING OUT OF THE CAB, HE FELT THE TRACTOR START TO TIP TO ITS RIGHT

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A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.