Our mixer driver was hauling for Freeport McMoRan at their Morenci mine location, the load was rejected and sent back, driver followed the escort down a hill with a full load, lost brakes and turned the mixer on its driver's side.
Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.Operator
Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MSHA Operator ID: L12058
- Fatalities
- 2
- Total incidents
- 1,000
- Mines on record
- 1
- Period
- —
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Top causes
- POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 167 non-fatal
- OTHER1 fatality · 53 non-fatal
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS289 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON215 non-fatal
- MACHINERY111 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)75 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
40
2025
130
2024
163
2023
190
2022
181 (1f)
2021
151 (1f)
2020
122
2019
23
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
2 recordedStruck against a moving object
Unclassified, insufficient data
Weld crew initiated an argon purge on a 30"" pipe that had been fit up afternoon prior. When argon purge was established, two welders began to make their root pass welds. Upon inspection ""sugaring"" was observed. a welder entered the open end of the 30"" pipe for unknown reasons where they were found by a coworker to be unresponsive. No witnesses observed them enter the pipe.