ASARCO LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability CompanyMining Incidents in 2022

Employee was getting off the bus at the north dike tiedown walking towards haul truck 423 when employee stepped on a rock twisting left ankle.

Employee was using an air lance to stir up the solids in the Lime Slacker Dilution tank and overextended EE's right arm, felt a sharp pain from EE's elbow to EE's wrist. On 10/27/2022 x-ray was performed and referred to specialist

Employee was attempting to move pothead into position to pull off more cable to reach inside the building. While turning EE stumbled and the pothead slipped in EE's grip, slicing the left palm. EE then fell forward dropping the pothead cutting the skin on inside of left knee.

technician was descending a truck

While moving rail, rigging slipped allowing rail to land on foot. Preliminary indications is 3 broken bones

Employee was performing commercial utility work on cells B6-9, misjudging the foot placement, employees right leg and foot fell into the cell sustaining a right ankle sprain.

Climbing stairs and fell down.

Moving I-Beam.

Employee was walking across job site pad, the employee stepped wrong and sprained the right ankle.

Operator was coming down the boarding ladder of haul truck when they missed a step and rolled an ankle.

EE was standing in the back of a pickup truck and reached up to hand an EE (on top of the shovel dipper) a tool. While turning around to exit the truck bed, EE lost EE's footing and fell hitting EE's hand on a flammable cabinet in the bed of the truck.

Employee was removing the pivot pin with fellow employee using an air hammer when the bit chipped off and struck right forearm causing small cut. Xray was performed on 10/4/2022 4mm foreign body was discovered in soft tissue of Right forearm and referred to medical specialist.

Employee Was Working on haul truck tire. While using the RAD gun to torque the wheel the employee caught a finger between the RAD gun and the wheel causing a laceration to the left index finger. Required 12 sutures.

Employee was walking down ramp carrying a hose when EE lost their footing and hit left knee on the ramp. This caused a laceration. Wound closed with 17 stitches.

EE was walking and attempted to step over old blasting wire and tripped. As EE fell EE attempted to brace fall which resulted in EE injuring left shoulder.

EE was walking to the training room and lost EE's footing on the second stair case resulting in a fall on EE's right side.

Pre-oping a drillers truck and closed the hood of the truck on their right pinky finger.

Employee going to work area to check bolts on valve, when EE tripped over a tracer wire attached to HDPE pipe. Employee was holding battery powered drill when EE fell to the ground pinching right ring finger between rock & drill causing injury to EE's fingernail. The employee's fingernail was pulled up but was not removed and there was no other injuries.

Employee was walking to the shop, stepped in a rain puddle just inside the threshold of the doorway to the shop, when right leg slipped (no fall occurred) and overextended the right knee causing a right knee sprain.

Cut open right thumb by trying to open a 50# can of 7018 welding rod.

Fell forward going down haul truck ladder tried to support self with arm.

IE and another EE were unloading a full oxygen tank at the warehouse. Other EE was on the ground pulling the tank and IE was pushing the tank off of the bed of the truck. IE was holding on to the tanks cap. The tanks cap slammed on the lip of the pickup truck bed while IE was holding on to it, pinning IE's right index finger.

Employee was installing glass fuse into Power Transformer by pushing the fuse by the glass instead of the metal not using gloves. Glass Fuse broke lacerating the employee right hand.

Employee was walking through an open overhead door, on the Northwest end of the Secondary Crusher building, when EE felt knee pop and experienced minor pain.

When tramming 20037 motivator and tractor down to the bottom of the pit, the motivator brakes got hot and spongy due to the operator laying on the brakes too long when going down haul road.

Employee was by the tail end of #3 rougher going down the ramp when EE lost control of the wheel barrel, full of muck, as EE was going down the ramp. EE tipped over the wheel barrel causing EE to fall down on the grating, over the wheel barrel.

Secondary Crusher Helper was finishing up clean up when EE walked underneath piping connected to a vacuum truck while another operator was disconnecting it from above. After being disconnected, the pipe fell hitting the Helper on the right shoulder as EE was walking underneath it.

Maintenance Supervisor climbed a 12ft A-frame ladder to open an air line valve underneath the flotation deck. When doing so, slurry overflowed the flotation cell(s) above knocking the ladder over and causing EE to fall about 10ft to the ground.

Employee was working in the regrind area around the sump. They tripped on the 2"" hose connected to the sump causing employee to slip and fall on to right hand. On 9/12/2022 employee supplied a report showing a fracture of the fourth metacarpal.

The injured employee was removing a belt from a pulley. As another employee rotated the equipment, the injured employee got their glove and finger caught in the belt and pulley. The injured employee sustained an avulsion-type wound on the left index finger. EE was treated at an emergency room and received sutures to close the wound.

The injured employee was using a battery operated impact to replace liners. EE needed a replacement battery and another employee attempted to slide it down along the liners. The battery caught the edge of a liner and bounced out striking the injured employee on the nose and cheek causing a fracture in the nose.

Employee was placing a pan on the apron feeder. When positioning the pan it caught left glove and pulled the hand toward the pans pinching left hand just below the 5th digit causing a laceration. Employee received 5 sutures.

Field service tech was utilizing a utility knife to cut a seal. The utility knife slipped, striking left ring finger causing a laceration. Field service tech was wearing proper PPE.

WHILE PERFORMING BELT PM ON E13 CONVEYOR, EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON A ROCK ON GRATING AND TWISTED KNEE

EE was performing housekeeping. EE was chipping a build up of dirt with a pry bar & struck the back of hand against a stairway edge. The edge of the metal stairway cut through EE's leather glove & created a puncture wound on the back of EE's left hand. Sutures were used to close the 1/2 inch wound.

Moving radial stacker, EE's left index finger got stuck when EE had tension on the cable and EE's left index finger got caught in between the shackle and choker.

Employee was diagnosed with a standard threshold shift by the Dr. on 1/19/2023. This hearing loss is consistent with noise induced loss in the Left ear.