Freeport-McMoRan Safford IncMining Incidents in 2021

Employee was stepping into man van at beginning of shift when employee felt knee pop. Upon exiting the van, employee felt pain and was unable to put weight on left leg.

Employee lost footing going down the stairs of Shovel 4. Employee slipped and tumbled to the ground and suffered impacts to EE's left rib cage, back, and one knee. Employee was transported to ER, X-rays and scans conducted showed no evidence of fractures.

The operator was bending down to pick up a drill pad that needed adjusted prior to unloading Drill 15 off of the Tow Boy. As EE bent down, EE felt a pop in EE's knee, and EE fell to the ground. This incident caused dislocation to the left knee.

Employee missed a step and slipped while attempting to exit the cab of Water Truck 17. Employee fell to the ground hitting their left foot. Employee then climbed back into Water Truck and moved it to the side and called dispatch. This incident resulted in a fracture to the left ankle.

Employee smashed finger while handling a snubber pin. The mechanic threw the 50lb pin onto the dipper and it started to roll back. The mechanic tried to catch the pin but as it fell and hit the service truck bed, it smashed finger. The incident resulted in a fractured right index finger.

While employee was exiting the cab onto the drill deck, the operator felt a pop in right foot.

Employee was rough loaded while operating a Haul Truck. Shovel lost power causing dipper to drop and make contact with Haul Truck bed.

Individual was working on laying out 30 foot sections of drill pipe onto the pipe handling table. Individual caught EE's hand between the drill pipe and fixed drill rod slide, that resulted in a fracture to the index and middle finger (no lacerations).

Employee complained of neck and back pain after receiving the first dipper of material from Shovel 6.

Employee was getting loaded at Shovel 6 with left arm resting on the window. Resulting in shoulder pain.

An operator and trainee on Haul Truck 22 were rough loaded at Shovel 4. The operator proceeded to dump load, tied down and contacted supervisor to report event. This resulted in the operator to experience lower back pain.

Miner was unloading the top piece of a 2 piece bypass wedge from the bed of a pickup. In doing so the wedge slid down the plastic protective cover of tailgate, and miner tried to catch the piece from falling which resulted in left hand caught between wedge and the ground. Causing a fracture to the left ring finger and lacerations to two fingers.

Employee started experiencing back pain after the man van hit a pothole on the haul road coming in at shift change the previous day.

Employee was exiting the Man Van at the Crusher Road Tiedown when employee rolled right ankle.

While attempting to turn at the Crusher pocket, the employee noticed the steering was tight on Haul Truck 27 and continued making the turn. This resulted in the employee feeling pain in their left shoulder.

Employee was assigned to shovel and pull drip. At the end of shift the employee noticed tightness in EE's right arm. When employee arrived home, the employee noticed swelling in the right forearm area. Employee went to the ER and was told that the swelling was from a possible busted blood vessel from the over use of the arm.

Employee was cleaning Shovel 6 pit area when employee struck a rock, jarring employee and causing lower back pain.

While employee was exiting the Lube Truck, they missed the step on the ladder and strained left muscle.

Employee was finishing a break when the toe of EE's boot got hung up on the seat of the bench causing EE to fall on EE's left knee. The fall caused a small laceration.

Employee was pushing cathode sheet to the discard bin when EE felt a tightness in lower back.

The operator of Haul Truck 38 was traveling empty off of the 4675 waste dump when EE hit a pothole, jarring EE causing pain to EE's lower back.

Employee was removing weeds when EE felt pain in EE's left shoulder after putting pressure to up root a bush with the shovel.

Employee received friction burns by a rope on the interior of left hand when employee grabbed a moving rope to slow the shovel cable lowering from the pole bridges at Shovel 1.

While two employees were installing an A/C belt on Haul Truck 25, the a/c compressor fell and hit the employee in the back between the shoulder blades. This resulted in a back contusion.

Employee stated that EE was moving concrete with a wheelbarrow and strained when EE was pouring out the concrete causing an umbilical hernia.

Employee rolled their right ankle stepping down from the inbound gate scale, resulting in a fracture.

Employee was driving home in their personal vehicle after working the second shift of the rotation, when EE claims EE blacked out at the wheel.

While employee was closing the window to a 994 Loader the employee's finger was caught between the window handle and a mounting bracket for a dispatch screen.

Employee was backing up the Haul Truck to be loaded at the Shovel. The employee turned to roll down the window to hear the horn of the Shovel. While the body was still turned, the shovel operator started loading the Haul Truck causing the employee to feel pain in back.

Employee was pulling a twisted power cable for the #4 shovel on the 4400 level. Employee had both hands on the hot stick, when the cable twisted two of the employee's right fingers came off the handle causing pain.

Employee cut their middle finger on a sheet of copper while attempting to remove an imbedded pre-strip clip from a bundle with a crowbar. The laceration required two stitches.

While working on Drill 14, the employee was working out of a man basket attempting to remove a pin from a cylinder. The hammer got caught on the safety cable for the JLG controls causing the magnetic base to become loose and strike the employee in the left eye. This caused a small laceration.

Employee was cleaning out radiators at the secondary crushing plant when employee started experiencing heat exhaustion.

Employee was conducting maintenance when organic solution splashed on the right leg of EE's PPE. Employee immediately washed off the solution and changed. 5/28, the employee notified the supervisor that the skin was irritated and a rash had developed. Employee was seen that day by the occ med physician who treated the rash and instructed to keep dry and clean until healed.