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Safford Branch: 2 reportable incidents 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
Ownership history
  1. Phelps Dodge Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Safford Branch sits in Graham County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 11.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Graham County, Arizona · Population 38,860
11.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,326
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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