Freeport-McMoRan Safford IncMining Incidents in 2020

While employee was closing a rolling gate, their left ring finger was caught between a roller and the roller guide, amputating the tip of the employee's ring finger.

The employee was in process of changing ropes on shovel 2. While EE was lifting the ropes they, stepped forward on to a rock wrong which caused them to twist, hurting their back.

As the operator pushed down, EE was backing up on uneven ground/boulder and the dozer slammed down which jarred the operator in the cab.

According to an independent medical review and MRI imaging received 10/6/20, the operator returned to work too early from a personal surgical repair, with the movement of the motor grader controls on 9/3/20 aggravating the shoulder and causing the need for a new surgery.

Operator on Loader 9 was loading trucks when EE went into the bank, the loader struck a hard spot. This caused the loader bucket to shift and the operator felt pain in EE's lower back.

Employee was standing next to the fusing machine and took a step back and slipped and fell to the ground receiving a small cut to their elbow and felt pain in left shoulder.

Employee was removing material from behind the kingpin on the horizontal portable when material sluffed down hitting employee's legs, knocking employee down. Employee hit right lower back on the structure behind employee.

Employee was working at Lone Star leaching pad, cell 9 mod D. The employee attempted to cross a 12"" and 4"" pipe that was butted together by stepping over. EE stepped on 4"" pipe to get over 12"" pipe causing EE to slip and sprain EE's left knee.

Two employees were attempting to lift a crusher lube pump from the back of a pickup. The employee lost grip on the pump due to oil on the pump and EE's gloves. This caused the pump to fall and smash the employee's finger between the coupling of the pump and the tailgate of the pump. The tip of finger was fractured and two stitches were provided to close the laceration.

When employee was stepping over a pile that they were in the process of cleaning, EE stepped on a rock causing left ankle to roll.

While attempting to hook up a Grinch Winch on the back of a Polaris Ranger, the employee experienced pain in the lower back.

Employee strained lower back while throwing a bag of ice onto the drill deck.

A water truck driver twisted EE's left ankle while dismounting EE's water truck on the last night of EE's five scheduled night shifts. Employee reported to work on 7/31 after four scheduled days off, worked half of the shift, then reported to supervision that EE's ankle pain had worsened attributed to the original twisted ankle event.

Operator was unplugging a feeder using mental bar when the bar slipped and pinched EE's right pinky finger causing a laceration and fracture.

While operator was performing pre-operational inspection of haul truck, the employee rolled the ankle walking on the ground around the haul truck.

While Employee was moving cable around the pole bridge, employee's left middle finger was smashed between pole bridge and the shovel cable.

A mechanic was cutting a zip tie off a wire harness with a razor. When EE broke the zip tie the blade slipped, striking EE's hand. This resulted in a laceration between the left thumb and pointer finger. The employee received 8 stitches and was restricted from using EE's left hand.

Employee was performing continuity checks in electrical shop. While kneeling to reach a power strip the employee began to feel numbness in right leg. Upon standing a sharp pain was felt in the right hip.

Employee was re-mounting drill after getting water and while boarding the equipment employee jammed a thumb into the handrail, causing severe pain.

Employee was removing chocks from vehicle and felt muscle pull in back.

While employee was reeling in hose from water truck, the employee smashed the tip of EE's right thumb between the hose reel handle and the hose locking mechanism, resulting in re-embedding of the nail.

While employee was operating a grader, the employee got what EE believed to be dust in EE's eye.

While employee was reeling in a water hose at the back of a water truck. A metal containment box lid fell and smashed the employee's left index finger resulting in stitches.

While employee was getting into the cab of Water Truck 2 the wind caught the driver side door and slammed it shut while the employee's hand was in the door jamb, causing a laceration that required stitches.

Employee was dismantling an old screen using a pry bar. While attempting to loosen a lower piece of angle iron, another piece of angle iron fell from higher section of the screen, striking employee on left wrist.

Shovel Mechanic was removing a wedge from the tooth adapter using an impact gun when the bit got stuck inside the wedge. In the attempt to remove the bit from the wedge, the mechanic suffered a smashed finger. As mechanic sat there holding the hand, mechanic started to feel faint & ultimately fainted, falling to the ground from seated position causing laceration to chin.

Employee was installing a ground insulator onto a pole at the lineman yard (Clifton Training Center) when tightening a nut with an impact wrench, employee's left pointer finger was cut by a cotter key. Employee was wearing leather gloves that were torn during the incident.

A rubber tire dozer operator ran over a pothole while jaw was clenched. Afterward, they realized they had chipped one of their lower right molars.