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Tailings Leach Plant: 4 reportable incidents 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
Ownership history
  1. Phelps Dodge Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tailings Leach Plant sits in Greenlee County, Arizona, where the Census mining category is 36.0% 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.
Greenlee County, Arizona · Population 9,452
36.0%
Mining share of county employment
$75,239
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
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.