Mining Incidents

Freeport-McMoRan Safford IncMining Incidents in 2006

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc operations in 2006. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2006
0
Total incidents
2
Year
2006

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  2. 02STRIKING OR BUMPING1 incident

All incidents in 2006

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE stated that he and other EE worked together to place 8 x 8 wood blocking for crusher set-up. He felt a twinge in his lower abdomen but it was only momentary. He worked the rest of the morning w/o pain or incident. After lunch, he stood up and felt pain and protusion in the abdominal wall.

Struck against stationary object

The rubber around the driver's side door was worn. While employee was getting out of the water truck, she rubbed her arm against the exposed metal causing a cut to her left elbow. Employee received 8 stitches.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.