Mining Incidents

Freeport-McMoRan Tyrone IncOperator

Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MSHA Operator ID: L16321
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
302
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2025

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#369of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

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Top causes

  • MACHINERY1 fatality · 37 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS96 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON60 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE29 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)27 non-fatal
  • OTHER22 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
2
2024
3
2023
6
2022
6
2021
1
2020
2
2019
7 (1f)
2018
5
2017
6
2016
9
2015
4
2014
10
2013
9
2012
8
2011
20
2010
24
2009
9
2008
33
2007
32
2006
16
2005
22
2004
11
2003
12
2002
21
2001
14
2000
10

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Struck by flying object

While preparing to perform side frame/track repairs on a 4100A shovel. When the relief valve was ejected from the jack. Employee was struck by a pressure relief valve in the lower left abdominal/waist area. The injury resulted in the death of the employee.