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Cyprus Sierrita Corp operator

Controlled by Cyprus Amax Minerals Company

MSHA operator ID: L08644

Fatalities: 2
Total incidents: 429
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1986–1999

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 2 fatalities · 35 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 135 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 82 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 76 non-fatal
MACHINERY 63 non-fatal
OTHER 10 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Ops. AZ

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded

March 19, 1996 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Cyprus Sierrita Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A MINE ELECTRICIAN WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE 3/4 TON FLATBED PICKUP HE WAS DRIVING WAS RUN OVER BY A 240 TON CATERPILLAR HAUL TRUCK. THE ELECTRICIAN AS TRAVELING DOWN THE HAULAGE ROAD WHEN THE HAUL TRUCK MADE A U-TURN AND THE FRONT RIGHT TIRE RAN OVER THE FLATBED.

January 18, 1995 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Cyprus Sierrita Corp · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS FATALLY INJURED WHEN THE HAUL TRUCK HE WAS DRIVING BACKED OVER THE BERM AND DOWN THE BANK APPROXIMATELY 50 FEET. THE TRUCK LANDED UPSIDE DOWN.

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