Freeport-McMoRan Safford IncMining Incidents in 2022

Employee was attempting to reposition cathode on strongback. Cathode fell smashing left middle finger between cathode and discharge chain severing the tip.

Driller was attempting to slide the casing up the rod slide from the rod table and lost control of the casing when EE#'s right hand slipped off, causing it to drop down the slide unexpectedly. This resulted in the individuals left ring finger being caught between the casing and rods on the rod table. Injury resulted in amputation of the ring finger.

The employee was rolling up hose reel 10wt on lube truck 09. When the hose got to the end of rolling up, it spun out of EE's hand control and struck the right side of EE's face. The coupling on the end of the hose hit the employee's cheek bone area of the face. The employee was wearing safety glasses.

The operator was dismounting the Haul Truck when EE missed a step descending the staircase of the truck. This resulted in an injury to the right knee.

Employee was trying to reel up a cable for the shot. Employee had to use the back step to fix the cable on the reel. When finished, EE stepped down and felt a pain in EE's right ankle.

The employee tripped on the stairs coming from cab of Shovel 2 down to the house of the shovel, injuring the left knee.

Employee was walking back to the Polaris when employee stepped over a berm and twisted right ankle. The employee continued to walk towards the Polaris and twisted the ankle a second time.

Employee (Employee 1) was working at the hoist drum with another employee (Employee 2) during hoist rope change. Employee 2 was running the hoist tuggers and Employee1 was working to guide the end of the hoist ropes into the holders on the hoist drum. While Lifting and pushing the end of the hoist rope into place, there was a pop sound from Employee 1 right arm.

While employee was performing their daily task installing a bracket on a repeater pole, they struck their left hand with a 4-pound sledgehammer, causing swelling.

While releasing the park brake, the switch came back and hit operator in the palm, causing pain to right hand and wrist.

While the employee was raising boarding ladder of the Haul Truck, the employee had back turned away from the ladder as it was being raised. Left wrist was caught in pinch point when ladder reached the full upright position.

When reaching back to set the parking brake lever on Haul Truck, the employee stated they felt pain and stinging in right arm. Employee received restrictions 11/4/22.

A boulder fell out of the dipper teeth into Haul Truck bed, causing a rough load, resulting in neck and shoulder pain.

While engaging the bank to get a dipper full of material the teeth encountered a hard bottom jarring the shovel. This caused the foot latch on the operator seat to release, and the operator seat to slide back and hit the stops. When the seat hit the stops the operator aggravated an old back injury.

Employee was using the handle of the hammer to hold the bolt's head in place while another employee was running the impact. The bolt spun and the employee's hand slipped, coming in contact with the spinning bolt, causing a laceration that required stitches.

Due to a BO valve that over rotated past the open and close ""stops"" created a strike point between the valve and the upright pipeline support for the fuel line. The employee's middle right finger was smashed, resulting in a fracture.

Employee was torqueing lug nuts on right front wheel of LD02, using a pneumatic torque gun. While positioning the torque gun and socket on a lug nut, EE did not move hand before pulling the trigger, smashing EE's right hand between the reaction arm of the torque gun and the loader wheel.

Employee was a passenger in a light vehicle on July 13,2022 when a man van failed to stop in time approaching a stop sign and rear ended the light vehicle causing lower back soreness. Restricted Duty implemented on December 22, 2022 due to increased/unresolved pain and MRI results.

Employee rounded a 90 degree corner on personal motorcycle and lost control, skidding along pavement on 5/26/22. Employee was evaluated at the ER 5/26 and Occ Med 5/27. Upon 4th follow-up appointment with Occ Med 6/6/22, employee work status changed to restricted.

Employee was walking down the stairs of Haul Truck, when EE felt a pop in the left knee.

Employee was sitting in a chair, when they bent over to pull up white coveralls and felt sharp pain in back.

Employee was collecting samples on a drill pattern, when EE stepped over a track left by the drill and lost EE's footing on loose material, causing EE to fall and injure EE's right knee.

Employee was walking down stairs of Haul Truck 35, when EE's knee gave out. Felt pain in the left knee and was unable to put pressure on it.

The driver was bit by a wild coyote and is currently following rabies vaccination protocol.

Employee was signaling crane to lower load. The load was being placed in front of crane and light plant was in EE's line of sight. Injured employee bent over to place cribbing on the ground. The load was stopped by the operator but shifted, striking the employee in the side of the head. This caused a laceration, requiring 8 stitches.

Employee operating an extended reach forklift was pushing the Point Sheave into the bore that accommodates the weldment lock. An employee was holding the weldment lock plate. The fork slid off and pinched the top of the employee's fingers between the shaft weldment lock plate lock and the fork. The employee suffered an injury to the tip of #4 digit of the left hand.

The driller was using a hex tool wrench to remove a 2"" pipe fitting from the side inlet body. While pushing hard to break the fitting, the wrench slipped and EE's hand struck the drill mast. Wrong tool for the job was used. Driller had used a Hex tool wrench in place of a Pipe Wrench. Pipe wrenches ranging in size from 18 to 36"" were already on site. Incorrect Safety Glove worn.

While operator was changing between equipment, the employee's right eye began to feel irritated. EE was seen by Rescue and sent to ER for further evaluation. The operator received prescription treatment.

When employee was getting back into their equipment (Dozer 14), the tip of the right index finger was smashed in the cab door, resulting in stitches.

Employee was working on the PH cleaning of the reverse osmosis (RO) system but did not notice that the temperature was rising. EE went to take a break in the work truck AC. While taking the break, EE drank some cold water which immediately made EE shiver and get sick. EE's supervisor shortly arrived at the RO after the employee got sick.