Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.Mining Incidents in 2003

A FIRE STARTED AT THE METCALF SX PLANT AND BURNED FOR MORE THAN 30 MINUTES. THIS WAS REPORTED IMMEDIATELY TO THE MSHA OFFICE AND IT WAS INVESTIGATED BY MSHA INSPECTOR.

EE SLIPPED ON GRATING THAT WAS ICED OVER. THE ICE CAME FROM WATER FROM THE STAINLESS STEEL BLANKS BEING WASHED OVER THE AREA.

EE WAS ASSISTING IN INSTALLING BOLTS ON THE LOCOMOTIVE BLOWER STAND SUPPORT WHEN THE 35 TON OVERHEAD CRANE ENERGIZED UNEXPECTEDLY, CAUSING SMALL BREAKS IN THE BLOWER STAND SUPPORT. EE WAS HIT ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND WITH A PIECE THAT FLEW OFF.

EMPLOYEE AND PHELPS DODGE EMPLOYEE WENT TO THE SCRAP IRON PILE TO RETRIEVE SOME NOSE CONE CAPS THAT WERE DISCARDED BY PHELPS DODGE. HALF OF THE PIN THAT HAD BEEN CUT INTO AND THE CAP WERE FOUN D. THEY DRUG IT OVER TO THE PICK-UP TO LOAD IT IN THE TRUCK. THE PIN AND CAPS WERE PICKED UP BY HAND AT THE REAR OF THE TRUCK. WHILE STEPPING BACK, EE SLIPPED & THEY WERE DROPPED ON RIGHT LEG

WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS, EE'S LEFT FOOT GOT CAUGHT ON THE STEP RESULTING IN HIS KNEE POPPING OUT OF JOINT AND POPPING BACK IN.

EE WAS WORKING UNDER THE FENDER OF A HAUL TRUCK.A LARGE CLUMP OF DIRT FELL FROM THE FENDER & EE INHALED THE DUST.

EE FELL WHILE DISMOUNTING A DOZER.

WHILE PERFORMING HAUL TRUCK BED CHANGE OUT, ADJUSTING/REPLACING BED SHIMS, TRUCK BED LOWERED, CAUSING LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER.

SHOVEL BUCKET STRUCK HAUL TRUCK BED.

EE WAS INSTALLING TRANSMISSION LINES. AS HE STOOD UP, HE CAUGHT HIS LEG CAUSING HIM TO TWIST HIS KNEE OUT OF PLACE.

WHILE REMOVING SPACER PLATE GASKET THE METAL SHIM LIKE GASKET HUNG UP WHEN PULLING IT AWAY FROM THE ENGINE BLOCK AND CAUSED A LACERATION TO HIS MIDDLE & INDEX FINGERS ON HIS RT. HAND. EE WAS NOT WEARING GLOVES OR USING A RAG.

EMPLOYEE WAS CLIMBING DOWN FROM A HAUL TRUCK THAT WAS LYING ON THE GROUND. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL, CAUSING A FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT ARM.

EE WAS STEPPING OFF OF THE TRANSPORTATION BUS WHEN HE HEARD A POP IN HIS LEFT KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO LIGHT A TORCH WHEN A BALL OF FIRE IGNITED INSIDE THE SPACE CAUSING FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO HIS FACE AND HANDS.

EE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THE JACK ARMS ON AN ABOVE GROUND HOIST. WHILE IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING THE FOURTH ARM THE EE FELT A DULL PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING BACK TO BOOM TRUCK FROM WORK SITE AND STEPPED ON A ROCK, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

EMPLOYEE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON A TRAILING CABLE.

EE WAS DOING BLANK MAINTENANCE. HE LIFTED A BLANK BY HAND TO PUT IT BACK ONTO THE RACK & PINCHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE HANGER & RACK.

WHILE CLIMBING DOWN OFF HAUL TRUCK EMPLOYEE FELT PAIN IN ARM.

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING VULCANIZING EQUIPMENT AND WHILE LIFTING AND TWISTING HE STRAINED HIS LOWER RIGHT BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS PULLING SPIKES WITH CHIVA. WHEN HE STOOD STRAIGHT UP HE FELT A PAIN IN HIS LOWER BACK AND LEGS.

EMPLOYEE WAS DISMOUNTING A FORKLIFT, STEPPED ON A ROCK AND TWISTED HIS LEFT KNEE.

INJURED WAS OPERATING HAUL TRUCK AND WAS BEING LOADED BY P&H SHOVEL. DURING FIRST BUCKET LOAD A LARGE ROCK STRUCK INTERIOR OF TRUCK BED, JARRING EE.

INJURED WAS CONNECTING WRECKER UP TO A BROKEN DOWN HAUL TRUCK. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO STAND UP HE STRUCK THE TOP, LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD AGAINST THE LEFT TOW HOOK OF THE HAUL TRUCK.

WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER AT WORK FOR APPROXIMATELY 2 WEEKS, EMPLOYEE WAS FEELING PAIN IN HIS RIGHT ELBOW.

INJURED WAS BACKING A HAUL TRUCK UP TO SHOVEL AND CONTACTED THE SHOVEL DIPPER WITH THE BACK OF THE HAUL TRUCK.

PIECE OF PLATE FLOORING FELL, STRIKING EE'S FINGER, BREAKING TIP.

EMPLOYEE WAS TAKING AN IDLER FROM THE BACK OF THE PICKUP. HE LEANED AGAINST THE TAILGATE OF THE TRUCK TO LIFT THE IDLER. HE FELT PAIN IN THE RIGHT SIDE IN THE RIB AREA.

THE EE WAS PREPARING TO EXIT A PORT-A-JOHN WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAUSED THE UNIT TO TIP OVER ON ITS SIDE. THE EE LANDED ON HIS LEFT SHOULDER, CAUSING A CONTUSION.

EE TRIPPED AND FELL ON RIBS WHILE STEPPING OVER A PIPE.

EMPLOYEE GOT CAUGHT IN A DRIP LINE, AS AN EMPLOYEE PULLED IT, AND LANDED ON HIS RIGHT SIDE.

A PILE OF MUD WAS ON THE GROUND. IT FELL OVER ON THE EMPLOYEE'S LEG CAUSING HIS LEG TO TWIST.

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A 20 LB. BAG OF OIL SORB AND IN GOING UP A SLIGHT INCLINE HEARD A POP IN HIS KNEE.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRAIGHTENING DRIP LINE (PLASTIC FLEXIBLE LINE ABOUT 1/2 INCH & 12MM DIAMETER). THIS IS DONE WITH A WHIPPING MOTION. HE STRAINED HIS BACK.

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION A PIECE OF STEEL BETWEEN TWO WORK TABLES. HE ATTEMPTED TO MOVE THE SMALLER TABLE AND WHEN HE DID THE STEEL FELL ON HIS THUMB CAUSING A FRACTURE.

WHILE WALKING TO LINE-UP TRAILER, EMPLOYEE TRIPPED ON A WATER HOSE AND BROKE HIS FALL WITH HIS LEFT HAND, CATCHING HIMSELF AGAINS A BUILDING.

WHILE EXITING A HAUL TRUCK AFTER COMPLETING INSTUMENTAL WORK, THE EMPLOYEE SLIPPED FROM MUDDY BOOTS AND CAUGHT HIS LEFT PINKY ON THE UPRIGHT TO THE HANDRAIL.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UP AN INCLINE AND FELT A PAIN IN HIS CALF.

EE WAS IN A MEETING. HE STOOD UP, TURNED TO WALK TOWARDS THE EXIT AND STEPPED ON THE PROTECTIVE STRIP FOR ELECTRICAL CORDS, TWISTING HIS ANKLE.

WHILE AIRING UP A RUBBER TIRE, THE AIR UP DEVICE CAME OFF THE ELBOW AND WHIPPED ACROSS THE BACK OF THE EMPLOYEE, CAUSING A CONTUSION.

EMPLOYEE FELL OFF WATER TRUCK.

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING DOWN TRAILER STEPS WHEN HE TWISTED HIS ANKLE ON THE LAST STEP. ANKLE SUPPORT BRACE GIVEN.

EE WAS UNBOLTING A MOTOR. AFTER LOOSENING THE LAST BOLT THE MOTOR SWUNG DOWN AND PINNED THE INDEX FINGER BETWEEN THE MOTOR AND FILTER CART.

EMPLOYEE WAS STRIPPING COPPER FROM BLANK WITH PRY BAR WHNE THE COPPER BENT FORWARD. EMPLOYEE'S ARM CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE JAGGED EDGE CAUSING A SMALL LACERATION. EMPLOYEE WAS WEARING ALL REQUIRED PPE.

EMPLOYEE WAS RESPONDING TO A FIRE ON PROPERTY AND RECEIVED MINOR BURNS AND SMOKE INHALATION. EMPLOYEE IS A VOLUNTARY MEMBER OF THE MORENCI FIRE ASSOCIATION.

EMPLOYEE WAS FIGHTING A FIRE AND BECAME DEHYDRATED. HE WAS WORKING FOR THE MORENCI FIRE ASSOCIATION AS A FIRE FIGHTER DURING THE ACTIVITY.

EMPLOYEE WAS DOING BLANK MAINTENANCE WHEN A PIECE OF COPPER SULFATE WENT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE. HE THEN RINSED IT OUT AT THE NEAREST EYEWASH STATION. HE WAS GIVEN Rx MEDICATION.

INJURED WAS PULLING AIR ARC TO WORK AND ACCIDENTLY HIT AIR LINE SWTITCH ALLOWING BURST OF AIR TO HIT HAUL TRUCK BODY, SPRAYING DIRT PARTICLES INTO AIR. DIRT PARTICLE ENTERED INJURED LEFT EYE CAUSING IRRITATION REQUIRING MEDICAL TREATMENT TO REMOVE DUST PARTICLE.

INJURED WAS DISMOUNTING D-11R CATERPILLAR DOZER, STEPPED ON STIFF ARM, SLIPPED AND FELL, STRIKING CHIN, LEFT KNEE, LEFT HAND.

REMOVING URINAL FROM A WALL; IT CRACKED AND PUNCTURED HIS RIGHT LEG REQUIRING 3 SUTURES.

EMPLOYEE RUBBED HIS RIGHT EYE WITH HIS HAND AND GOT A FOREIGN OBJECT IN HIS EYE. EYE WAS CLEANED OUT BY A PHYSICIAN AND PRESCRIPTION WAS REQUIRED.

EE WAS TRYING TO KEEP A BUCKET OF SOLVENT FROM SPILLING. IN DOING SO, HE HIT THE BACK OF HIS HAND ON A CYLINDER HEAD RESULTING IN A LACERATION.

EE RECEIVED BURNS TO CHEST AREA WHILE WELDING STINGER MADE CONTACT WITH WD-40 CAN.

FORK CAME OFF OF FORKLIFT AND STRUCK LEFT SHIN OF EE.

EE WAS SCRAPING COPPER FROM A CATHODE AND UNINTENTIONALLY RAN THE TOP OF HIS HAND ALONG THE SIDE OF THE CATHODE.

EMPLOYEE WAS FEELING DISCOMFORT IN HIS SHOULDER OVER A PERIOD OF SEVERAL WEEKS AND RECEIVED PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR THE DISCOMFORT. NOT SEEN AT CLINIC UNTIL 7/1/03.

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING THE CC6 BOBCAT AND HIT A HARD BOTTOM AND HIS WRIST JAMMED INTO THE CONTROL LEVER. THE EMPLOYEE DID NOT HAVE RESTRICTED WORK DAYS DUE TO HIS REGULAR SCHEDULE.

FIBER GLASS BEAM PINCHED MIDDLE FINGER RIGHT HAND.

EMPLOYEE WAS LOADING A 6"" X 5"" ADAPTER INTO THE BACK OF A REPAIR TRUCK WHEN IT CAUGHT ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK, CAUSING THE END OF THE ADAPTER TO COME BACK ON EMPLOYEE'S HAND.

EMPLOYEE LACERATED HIS POINTER FINGER WHILE REPAIRING AN IDLER ON A CONVEYOR BELT.

EE WAS CUTTING WIRE WHEN HER KNIFE SLIPPED

EE CUT LITTE FINGER WHILE USING A PIPE WRENCH

EMPLOYEE WAS MOVING A VISE AND THE VISE FLIPPED OVER, CATCHING HIS FINGER IN A PINCH POINT, CAUSING A LACERATION.

INJ EE & ANOTHER EE WERE SETTING UP WIRE REELS. OTHER EE WAS PULLING PIPE INTO REEL TO LIFT REELINJ EE HAD FINGER INSIDE REEL TRYNG TO LINE UP PIPE. OTHER EE MOVED PIPE & INJ EE'S LEFT INDEX FINGER WAS SMASHED BETWEEN PIPE & REEL.

EE CUT FINGER WHILE ADJUSTING GRINDER.

WHILE WORKING ON AN OVERHEAD CRANE, THE EE BECAME DISORIENTED AND IS BELIEVED TO HAVE SUFFERED HEAT EXHAUSTION.

SEALANT ON THE BASE OF THE CAB WINDOW CAUSED THE EMPLOYEE TO BECOME LIGHT-HEADED AND DIZZY.

EE WAS REMOVING THE UPPER RADIATOR GRILL FROM A 793B. HE HAD THE OVERHEAD CRANE IN POSITION & SECURED THE GRILL. HE STEPPED ON THE CRANE CONTROL CAUSING THE CRANE TO TROLLEY SOUTH RESULTING IN THE GRILL STRIKING HIM IN THE FACE, THEN FELL FROM THE BUMPER OF THE TRUCK TO THE GROUND. APPROX. 6 FEET.

EE WAS PICKING UP DRILL ROD WITH A WRENCH WHEN FINGER WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ROD AND HEAD

1-INCH END WRENCH FELL OFF OF FITTING NAD HIT EE IN THE MOUTH & BROKE A TOOTH.