Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.: 16 recorded fatalities Metal/Non-Metal

Shovel mechanic was working on the drill mast and when stepping down they rolled their right ankle. The employee was placed on restrictions on 08/09/2026.

Employee got redness and a rash when working their rotation. Event went reportable on 08/07/2026

HDTS mechanic claims to have received a right shoulder strain after repeatedly using an impact gun during the course of their assigned tasks. The event went reportable on 08/06/2026. The employee was placed on restricted duty on 08/12/2026

A mechanic reportedly got something in their eye when washing a Haul Truck. The mechanic stated they did not feel any discomfort until they got home. After some time, the eye discomfort became pain, and the employee sought medical attention. The event went reportable 08/01/2026.

Operator of a water truck started to pull themself up the ladder when they lost grip and fell backward. Event went reportable 07/30/2026.

The CMV Driver was walking towards the semi-trailer when their right toe caught something on the ground causing them to trip and they landed on their right side with their arm caught underneath them. They impacted their right wrist and shoulder, their arm made contact with their right upper ribs when they hit the ground.

Employee started shoveling and realized their back was in pain in the beginning of their shift. Event went reportable 07/30/2026.

Employee was moving boxes with shirts in them and as they were lifting a box, they felt a pop. Event went reportable on 07/29/2026.

Mechanic performing routine maintenance on a haul truck changing out the park brake valve. While using their wrench, employee slipped on ladder and caught themselves with their left hand by grabbing onto a hose on the truck. This resulted in the employee feeling a sharp pain in their left shoulder. The employee was given restrictions starting 08/03/2026.

Was putting discharge cap back on trailer after offloading trailer. When EE pushed the cap with EE's right thumb, EE applied extra pressure and it bent EE's thumb back which resulted in a sprain.

While pulling forward with the bed raised to plug out, the front wheels lifted off the ground. When the front end came back down, the operator began to feel pain in their back. Went reportable 07/26/2026.

Employee was walking and fell resulting in hurt right ankle and scraped their left elbow/arm. Injury went reportable 07/23/2026.

Employee lost their balance and instinctively placed their hand on a job box to stabilize themselves. The movement caused the job box lid to close, striking the back of their right hand. Went reportable on 07/23/2026.

Employee was performing routine work and bent over to connect strongback. As employee stood up, they felt a sharp pain in their lower back. Event went reportable 07/22/2026.

Hydromet Maintenance employee attempted to adjust a belt mop tray While repositioning the tray, the tray edge causing a laceration to the right index finger. Injury went reportable on 7/16/2026.

Employee descended a crane ladder and missed their grip causing them to fall onto their back. Event went reportable 7/8/2026.

Was attempting to remove a pneumatic hose to reposition it. The fitting was slightly bent and difficult to remove. EE applied extra force and the hose disconnected and struck EE in the chin. As a result EE received 3 stitches on the chin and was released to regular duty

Employee attempted to close the door of a wet scrubber after inspection; However, door slammed shut, catching the employee's left ring finger above the fingernail and resulting in an injury to the fingertip. Event went reportable 07/06/2026

Haul Truck operator was prepping truck prior to operation and bent their thumb backwards, hyperextending it, when adjusting their dispatch screen. Employee was immobilizing brace.

Employee was laying a 4-inch pipe; when moving the pipe employees' pants leg was caught on a piece of PVC pipe, cause the employee to trip and fall forward landing on their forearms. Felt pain in their back a short time later. Employee was seen at clinic.

Lube operator was doing their 2nd round of lube and did not feel good due to heat. Event went reportable on 6/24/2026.

Employee was working on a haul truck. When they completed working on the inside of the haul truck the employee stepped down and rolled their left ankle. The injury went reportable on 6/23/2026.

A Mechanic injured right bicep during unplanned repair. They felt/heard a "pop" while lifting and aligning fender with pry bar. Continued work briefly; pain worsened. The injury went reportable on 6/24/2026.

Employee stepped on uneven ground, resulting in a trip and forward stumble. The employee landed on their right knee. Injury went reportable on 6/20/2026.

Maintenance employee performing routine rounds in the Morenci canyon crushing plant. The employee began to feel lightheaded and was attempting to sit down when suddenly they lost awareness. The employee quickly recovered and got back up.

The Rubber Tire Dozer operator pulled off the haul road to allow traffic to pass. During this time, the equipment encountered a pothole, resulting in the operator experiencing pain in the lower back and left shoulder. The operator went on restrictions on 6/17/2026.

Employee started to dismount a Trackhoe and stepped on a rock, hurting their left ankle. Employee was put on restrictions 6/14/2026 and returned to work, able to work at full capacity on 6/15/2026.

A sampler tech employee was walking to throw away a wooden pallet into the bin by the Sampler Shed when they stepped onto some soft ground causing their right ankle to roll. Employee went on restrictions on 6/9/2026.

Employee was carrying a bag of trash and tripped over a drain pipe on the ground, causing EE to fall, resulting in a hairline fracture of the 5th metacarpal of left hand

During normal loading operations, the Shovel was swinging back into the bed of Haul Truck with the second dipper when the dipper dropped into the bed. The dipper landed half on, half off of the dovetail causing the bed to rise. The front of the truck rose into the dropping back to the ground. Employee went on restrictions on 06/03/2026.

A Met Mill Tech was moving some sample buckets when they experience pain in their lower back. They claim to have bent over and picked up a sample tray/bucket and twisted and felt a knife sensation in their lower back. The employee went on restrictions on 05/28/2026.

A Mill Diagnostic mechanic was guiding a coupling guard into position using crane assistance. The mechanic attempted to lift the bottom edge of the guard to maneuver it over the adjustment bolt. The guard was set back down, the mechanic's left hand was still positioned underneath, resulting in the left index finger being caught and pinched between the adjustment bolt and the guard.

Employee was walking towards the centerline during shift change using the designated path to the ladder. As they were walking towards the ladder the employee noticed that the pathway sloughed causing the employees left leg to sink up to the knee. This position caused the employees ankle to experience discomfort. The employee went restricted duty 5/5/2026.

Employee was exiting a man van and as they put weight onto their right leg, they felt a pop in their right knee. The event went reportable 07/28/2026.

A Shovel/Drill employee was removing snubber pins to perform a re-shim of the snubber. While using a digging bar to drive out the pins, the pin suddenly released, causing the snubber to drop. This resulted in the employee's left pinky finger being pinched between the dipper bore and the digging bar. Employee was given restrictions on 4/25/2026.

Wrench struck safety glasses, employee suffered laceration to face that required stitches.

Haul truck operator hit a couple of potholes and tensed and applied brakes while traveling haul road. Soon after the operator saw a truck sliding towards them, so they tensed up and applied brakes again. In tensing up, the operator felt pain in left shoulder. The operator ran two more loads and, on the way, to tie down, the pain increased.

Employee reported that dust entered under their safety glasses flushed their eyes using an eyewash bottles. The employee declined medical evaluation at the clinic at the time. With continuing issues, the employee was later evaluated and given prescription eyedrops.

Employee was squatting down tying mantos to 4" pipe on a leaching stockpile, when they fell foreword hitting right knee and elbow on rock. Employee felt pain in both areas and reported it to supervisor.

An employee was operating a drill press in the maintenance shop when metal shavings became lodged in the equipment. The employee stopped the drill press and attempt to manually remove the obstruction, and a sharp metal shaving penetrated the glove and caused a laceration to the employee's left index finger. The employee received stitches for their injury.

Employee was rolling up mantos on a leach stockpile, when their right forearm became irritated by the raffinate solution. The employee wash off arm with 4 bottles of water and reported incident to supervisor. The employee was taken to clinic to be evaluated.

At the end of their shift an employee began descending the front boarding ladder. As employee was reaching the bottom step to get on the platform, they lost footing/overstepped the top rung for the breakaway ladder. This caused the employee to fall approximately 4.5 ft and land on their left elbow.

The employee was walking from the lower lunchroom. Upon reaching the top of the stairway, the employee missed a step, resulting in a twisting injury to the right knee and reported hearing a popping sound.

Employee was using an 8-foot steel bar at the P 9/10 chute to remove a slab (rock) at the bottom of the chute. As the employee was attempting to hit the slab, their left hand hit the bottom of the chute door and smashed their left pinky finger.

Morenci Mill Maintenance employee was in the belt shop attempting to cut some skirting for a belt job. As they began to cut using the Olfa knife, the knife slipped cutting into the A6 rated glove and HexArmor sleeve into the employees left thumb, side cutting the skin next to the nail.

Operator was attempting to fill in a hole from where the shovel came out of. While pushing material, the operator claims that they came to a sudden stop causing them to be jarred forward. Operator went restricted duty on 3/11/2026.

Operator was mounting a Haul Truck and raising the boarding ladder. The operator's hand was on the boarding ladder switch when the handrail to the ladder pinched their finger between the switch and the handrail.

Mill Crusher Ops employee was making their rounds this morning checking all the unit screens at the Secondary Crusher, employee went to close the "doghouse" door and smashed their middle finger.

Haul Truck 629 was loaded at a shovel and traveling uphill to a dump when smoke and flames were observed in the engine bay. The haul truck came to a stop the operator descended the haul truck.

Employee was walking down the stairs attempting to remove something from EE's bag and missed the last step, causing EE to fall and injure EE's right elbow and left knee

The haul truck operator had completed dumping and was traveling back down the haul road. While driving, the operator struck a pothole at approximately 13 miles per hour. As a result of the impact, the operator reported experiencing lower back pain. Operator went restricted duty on 3/9/2026.

A Haul Truck was being loaded by a Shovel. During the third dipper, a boulder was at the top of the dipper leaning on the teeth. When the bottom of the dipper opened, the boulder did not fall through with the rest of the load. Instead, it rolled over the teeth, hit the driver side of the haul trucks canopy and fell to the ground. Operator went restricted duty on 3/12/2026.

An operator was using a rock hook to unplug a chute. They were pulling up on a stuck rock when it broke loose which caused the tool to come up and make contact with the employee's central incisor #8 (front upper) tooth.

The Shovel Operator walked the shovel back down off of the 3'-4' hard knob and the shovel jolted. This resulted in the operator experiencing neck pain.

A Morcon ops employee was washing off material behind the ball mills area when they took a break. Upon returning from the break they went to bend over to pick up the water hose to continue spraying down area when they felt a pain in their back.

Mill Diagnostic Mechanic missed a step on the floor grating. They stumbled and attempted to regain balance but fell forward, landing on right knee.

A Mechanic was removing the propel shaft on a Shovel using a steel cable and a Dozer. While positioning the cable on the dozer's ripper, a mechanic placed a hand near the line. When the dozer moved forward, the cable shifted and caught their left hand between the cable and the ripper.

The employee had noticed red on the under part of their eyes 2/18/2026 at the end of their shift and over the next couple of days a rash appeared and on 3/4/2026 the employee reported the injury when coming back to work due to the condition not improving.

While employee was cleaning up debris in a 90 degree pipe. A rock dislodged and stuck employee on right hand.

Employee suffered seizure causing EE to fall from standing to the ground. Fracture to the skull was sustained in the fall.

An employee was traveling in a van when the driver encountered a pothole on the haul road, resulting in a sudden jolt to the passengers.

An employee was traveling in a van when the driver encountered a pothole on the haul road, resulting in a sudden jolt to the passengers.

An employee was traveling in a van when the driver encountered a pothole on the haul road, resulting in a sudden jolt to the passengers.

Employee was unloading a hose crimping machine and hit EE's left index finger on something and created a laceration.

Offloading Ammonia Nitrate Solution, the hose was clogged. Employee closed the line to check the hose but there was still pressure in the line. When they unhooked the line the pressure sprayed solution hitting them in the face and entering eyes. They washed their eyes out well onsite but went to an eye doctor to be checked out and they prescribed antibiotic ointment

Two employees had checked a belt and were walking on the lower level of the screen plant when a rock from the next level up fell over toe board striking one of the employees on top/right side of their head.

The backup monitor fell from the mount and struck the haul truck operator on the left side of the head.

Employee was picking up parts for their task and one of the required parts the employee needed was a cylinder for the dust curtain on the drill. While lifting the cylinder, the employee stood upright and experienced a sharp pain on the left side of the body.

During a maintenance activity, a maintenance employee was replacing some dust collector ducting in the tunnel when they pinch their right index finger.

Employee sustained a laceration to right hand ring finger when it was cut by a burr on the inside of the drill pipe and received 5 sutures. Employee identified one of the burrs, but not the second. EE had Impact Cut 5 gloves on at the time of occurrence.

While walking through the mud, the employee's feet became stuck. During an attempt to free themselves, they felt a pop in their left knee.

The operator exited the cab and unintentionally inhaled turbo fumes when exiting haul truck.

Water hose nozzle struck employee in chin, chipping 2 teeth, cracking 1 tooth and causing a laceration which required 3 stitches.

Employee was cleaning the Dc box for the ball mill when they felt something fall between their glasses. Employee felt like something got in their eye and started to flush them out.

Employee was stepping out of van when they stepped onto uneven terrain and twisted their right ankle.

The operator of haul truck claimed that while dumping out the front end of the truck lifted up and slammed back down. They stated at the time of incident they did not experience discomfort. However, as the shift progressed, they began to experience increasing discomfort to their lower back. The operator went on leave for the injury on 1/20/2026.

Tailings operator was walking up to west centerline when they stepped in mud and rolled left ankle.

A haul truck operator was traveling on a haul road when the equipment struck a pothole.

An employee reported pain in knee after bending down to collect samples in tailings.

A Crush and Convey employee rolled their right ankle while stepping off the crusher ring during maintenance.