Employees were placing 24"" HDPE pipe, when the pipe suddenly shifted and rolled on top of one of the workers. He was treated and stabilized at the scene. He was subsequently transported to a hospital, where he later passed away.
Freeport McMoRan Miami IncMining Incidents in 2010
All MSHA-reportable accidents at Freeport McMoRan Miami Inc operations in 2010. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2010
- 1
- Total incidents
- 8
- Year
- 2010
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS5 incidents
- 02FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 incident
- 03MACHINERY1 incident
- 04HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
All incidents in 2010
Employee bent over to pick up pvc pipe and sprinkler assemblies. He stood up and felt back pain.
Employee was working under wheel well of haul truck when he was struck by a falling piece of mud.
Employee was washing 429 van when the hose he was using got stuck. When the employee flipped the hose to get it loose, he struck the van with his elbow causing a contusion.
EE was jackhammering concrete at the tankhouse when a piece he was working on broke off. The jackhammer fell on the EE's foot. The x-rays showed that the EE's toe next to his big toe was fractured. The EE was restricted to 3 days of light duty.
Employee was working at the lower quickfill. He was removing bad order cable. He bunched up the cable with his green strap and pulled the slack out of the strap. When he finished, he felt pain in his right hand
Employee was moving copper bars out of the way at cell 18. The last bar slipped out of his hand, smashing his right index finger between the copper bar and the bus bar.
EE cut lip with pry bar while removing belt tensioner.