Mining Incidents

Tailings Leach Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Phelps Dodge Corp · Facility
Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Greenlee County, AZ  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 0201198

MSHA record for Tailings Leach Plant (mine ID 0201198). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1984–1986
Latest incident
Nov 1986
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

November 29, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Phelps Dodge Corp · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING A BULL LINE DOWN A MOIUTAIN SIDE AND STUMBLED OVER A ROCK INJURING HIS LEFT ANKLE.

September 16, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Phelps Dodge Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS SHARPEN3NG A SCREWDRIVER ON A GRINDING WHEEL WHEN THE SCREWDRIVER SLIPPED CUTTING THE EMPLOYEES LEFT INDEX FINGER

January 29, 1986 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Phelps Dodge Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL AT DUST SL6RRY PUMP CLEANING PLUGGED LINE WHEN HOSE STARTED TO WHIP STRIKI/NG HIM 4 TIMES ON LEGS.

1984 · 1 incident

December 18, 1984 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Phelps Dodge Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE EMPLOYEE WAS REMOVING BOLTS ON A FLANGE WHEN HE SUDDENLY SMASHED HIS LEFT THUMB.

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