ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability CompanyMining Incidents in 2019

Employee was lining up cathodes and was walking off cells stepping up to catwalk and tripped. EE fell forward and put EE's hands out to brace self injuring left wrist. Causing a fracture of left wrist.

Two employees had stood the jack pad on its side and rolled it into position for installment, when suddenly they had lost their grip from the jack pad. Injured employee was in the process of getting out of the way when the bottom side of the jack pad had landed on their left topside and inner side of their foot.

Rolling 1 cylinder off of another for proper positioning on pallet, subjects finger was pinched between cylinders.

EMPLOYEE USED A HOT STICK TO TRIP #4 REGRIND MILL BREAKER. EE HEARD A BUZZ AND RAISED EE'S HANDS TO SHIELD FACE.

Employee miss stepped on the cell line during harvest and fell, rolling right ankle.

While trying to remove bottom drill steel, employee was attempting to place shim between jaws of deck wrench and drill steel. Operator thought employee motioned to close jaws pinning employee's right thumb between shim and drill steel causing an avulsion of right thumb.

EE had tipped the stand to try to slide it into position when the stand rocked back into the flat position and pinched EE's right pinky finger against the top of the stand and the front part underside of fender frame. EE was wearing gloves (HYFlex 11-660style) but did not prevent EE's right pinky finger from receving a laceration.

Employee was throwing away gate valve in dumpster from back of service truck 926. When EE turned throwing the valve into dumpster EE's leg slipped and EE felt a pop in EE's groin. Resulting in a hernia.

Employee was climbing off of equipment when employee knee had pain. Employee did not seek medical attention until April 23.

Lifting cable for shovel and drills at a berm height, causing pain in the groin area.

While employee was throwing a hanger bolt into discard bin and reported a shoulder sprain. Employee was treated as first aid but after MRI determined surgery was needed. Fist aid until 07/09/2019 at which time employee became a lost time injury.

Employee felt a pop in the right elbow when driving in a grounding rod for testing. Employee did not seek medical attention until 2/7/2019.

Employee was installing scalper plates on # 4 rod mill discharge box. The scalper plate was already installed and employee was in the process of installing a 2nd one. As employee was sliding down the scalper plate, caught right ring finger in-between the 2 scalper plates causing a laceration.

Employee was sitting in wheel axel housing hooking up electrical wires and hydraulic lines. When the employee stood up employee felt left knee lock up. Received notice 4/18/2019 that the knee is an industrial injury.

Employee stepped off a bundle of copper and rolled ankle.

Employee was walking and tripped on a rock and fell. They reached out their right hand as they fell, causing a broken finger as they landed.

EE was taking a new return idler from the back of a mule, just as they lifted idler from back of mule to about waist high, mid back begin to spasm. EE immidiately dropped the idler back down to the bed of mule. The roller is aprroximately 52"" long and 90 pounds. Witness observed as EE lifted the return idler and drop it back down almost immediately.

At 7:45 pm EE was loading the first truck of the shift. When EE went into the dig face for the second bucket, the bucket skipped off a boulder and jarred the loader whipping EE around in the cab. Initially EE didn't think much of it but as the pain turned into spasms that's when EE called to report it. EE reported this incident to me at 3:15 am.

While using a 3 ton come-a-long to remove the left dipper handle pin from the 518 dipper, the pin jumped approximently an inch causing EE to move suddenly and tweek EE's back on the right side. At first EE requested to report the injury only, but later decided to request medical attention. The onsite EMR treated EE.

While climbing up the ladder into cable realer 686, employee dislocated right shoulder.

Employee was using a 6lb hammer to knock mud off of a haul truck and afterwards felt pain in EE's right elbow.

At approximately 6:45 am EE was getting into 503 man van. While getting in, EE hit EE's left knee on a seat spring that is sticking out of the seat cover.

At approximately 17:15 EE and co-worker were performing a bit change on the 587 drill. EE was in a bent over position while trying to pull the bit basket straight out of the deck. After several attempts EE felt back and neck tense up and start to get sore

EE was using a 4 foot steel drift to drive out the anchor pin on TD524 l/h ripper tilt cylinder. IE was stabilizing the end closest to the bore with left arm. When the drift came out of the bore as EE was driving it IE was not ready for it and the weight of the drift pushing down on IE's arm caused pain in the left shoulder. Left Shoulder Strain.

While rerouting the power cable for the 518 shovel, over a berm and down a bench, EE was struck by boulder (approximately 2 foot in circumference) to right leg. The boulder struck EE on the front side of right shin bone. When I arrived, EE was lying on the ground. EE was transported to the first aid room and evaluated.

While drilling out holes for fender with mag drill, the employee stepped on the cord, unplugging the mag drill causing the drill to demagnetize falling on employee's hand.

EE walked over from EE's truck shop office to North mill maintenance to retrieve items from EE's office. Upon stepping from dirt to concrete porch out front of the building EE miss stepped or caught EE's foot on the edge of the concrete causing EE to lose EE's balance and fall. EE said EE's left wrist hurt.

Operator slipped boarding water truck. They managed to catch themselves with their right hand, causing a pop in the right wrist. Operator then drove truck back to tie-down.

The joystick in the shovel failed and the operator could not stop the loaded dipper, and the dipper hit the haul truck, jarring the employee. Employee did not seek medical attention until April 20.

Employee was moving a 4"" pipeline when EE felt pain in the lower back.

Lifting 30 pound tire chocks and strained lower back.

EE was working on E-21/E-23 chute on the first landing. EE lifted a 12"" x 24"" liner out of the truck and carried it over to the concrete platform at the base of the transfer tower. As EE stepped up to the concrete, EE felt a strain in left knee. EE continued to carry 2 additional liners up to the platform but the pain persisted.

Went to mount a dozer, when foot slipped and slammed right knee onto the tracks.

Crushing injury to the right middle finger at the tip. (pinch point) from motor sheave and v-belt.

While washing down the CV13 drain, a pry bar fell over onto right foot in the metatarsal area causing a bruise.

Truck shop employee was working on haul truck 551 right side front tie rod. When raising the rod into place, the tie rod slipped off the jack and caught EE's left hand between the tie rod and jack. Employee received 13 stiches.

Employee was operating the 530 Loader when EE dismounted the loader to check the left front tire. As EE was dismounting the hydraulic ladder EE lost EE's footing on the last step and hit EE's left heel hard on the ground. Was not a restricted until 1/16/19.

Employee was loading tripper car railing on a rail dolly and was in the process of securing the rail to the dolly when the weight of the rail shifted causing the dolly to tip forward. The handle of the dolly impacted employee in the right ear.

When the pump was started, the discharge line rotated on the clamp causing the pipe being used to strike EE on the right side of the forehead/brow, lacerating brow. EE was knocked back into the sidewall of the thickener. EE fell to the ground on left side. Co-worker approached EE & rolled EE to EE's back, keeping EE still, & called a mayday over the radio.

While looking for pieces of scrap metal at the cement port on letter belt B at the crusher, employee grabbed a piece of metal and swung arm back to throw and right pinky finger made contact with corner of sign causing a laceration requiring stitches to finger.

EE walked around the dipper and scraped a leg against the #8 tooth. The tooth had a sharp burr on it from when we pushed the dipper away from the high wall with a dozer so we could safely work on it. When EE scraped the leg against the tooth EE felt the pant leg snag on the burr which ripped the pants and cut EE's leg.

Employee was assisting in pipe removal when debris fell from above the deck into left eye. Did not report until 8/19/19 at that time they were sent for foreign body removal of debris in left eye and became reportable.

EE was working on the A/C unit on Bus 2 EE removed and re install Blower Motors when EE turn it back on the bus got full of dirt from the unit and it got into EE's eyes prescription eye drops given.

Employee was moving about on a grating at the North Mill where metal parts and motors are stored. EE was trying to find a motor with a nameplate and bumped EE's shin into a metal beam and split open the flesh on the right shin.

EE was removing GET from shovel bucket with all appropriate PPE. EE struck lip shroud with a hammer, a piece of metal struck EE's right leg below the knee.

Employee was checking edge strips on the blanks, when one fell, cutting on the back of EE's right hand. Employee received 2 stitches.

Mechanic was tightening up a few loose cutting edge bolts on rubber tire dozer. Employee was using a impact gun with a 1 1/2inch socket to tighten the bolts, holding the impact over head when the impact slipped off the nut striking the employee in the lower lip resulting in a cut to the outside and inside of lower lip. Employee received 4 stiches.

Employee was installing pin in the push arm of dozer. The pin slipped smashing EE's 5th finger causing an avulsion. This required three stitches.

On 9/26/2019 Employee was diagnosed with a standard threshold shift by Dr. in the left ear. This has not been deemed work related at this time.

Employee was complaining about kidneys hurting and not feeling good. Was treated for dehydration.

Employee was diagnosed with a Standard Threshold Shift in hearing to the left ear per doctor. This has not been determined to be work related at this time, but is consistent with noise induced hearing loss.