Phelps Dodge Bagdad IncMining Incidents in 2007

Employee used the elevator for transport to top floor after finishing a task on the bottom (fourth) floor, when the elevator stopped between the first and second floors.

Drilling a hole in a J-box. As he was pulling the drill back, the bit caught in his glove and drilled through his hand

Employee tripped over a chain attached to a come-a-long and fell onto a rock with his knee.

Employee reports that a punch broke on an iron worker resulting in a splinter of steel going into his left hand.

Installing buss bars at the SX-EW plant, buss bars fell from the ceiling. We had questioned Phelps Dodge Engineer who said buss bar hangers were safe.

Employee went up a ladder to repair a lube oil on GL, when the wrench he was using fell and he yelled to the employee holding the ladder to watch out. Employee holding the ladder stepped out of the way of the wrench and the ladder slid out from underneath employee, causing him to fall 20 feet.

Employee was on his back tightening a hydraulic hose that was overhead when he strained his shoulder as he put pressure on the fitting.

Employee was cleaning up for shovel with Rubber Tire Dozer when he backed over some uneven ground and felt pain in his neck and shoulder.

Employee was dismounting a water truck at the water fill up when he felt pain in his left arm. Employee did not report incident until 7/20/07.

While employee was entering his truck he felt a pain in his left knee. He then could not put any weight on his leg.

Employee was working on a hydraulic line which was not deenergized; the fitting broke loose cauing the employee's hand to move in a backwards motion into debris resuling in laceration and a fractured knuckle.

After finishing pre-shift inspection on motor grader, employee was pulling out of the parking ditch when the park brake set and locked up the machine. This thrust the operator forward and then back and causing his back to stiffen up.

While descending ladder off of Rubber Tire Dozer, employee lost footing and attempted to stabilize self, grabbing exhaust stack of RTD. This resulted in a second degree burn to left hand.

Employee was being loaded by the shovel, when the bed of the truck raised up and slammed back down. This jarred the employee and caused pain to the back.

Employee was driving haul truck and was nauseated by the odor of burning wires.

Employee was stepping out of forklift, when he twisted his left ankle. This was not determined recordable until medical review on 3/19/2007, employee will be required to have surgery.

Employee states over a couple of months he has experienced pain in shoulder and arm as a result of lifting.

Employee reports while descending haul truck ladder, felt pain in back of knee and fell.

Employee was changing a swing brake on the shovel when he was struck in the hand.

Employee was changing a swing brake on the shovel when he was struck in the abdomen and knee.

Employee was pulling cable when he lost his footing and fell. Employee hit his elbow on a piece of rhyolite.

Employee tried to lift an anode simultaneously with another employee and immediately felt pain in his middle back.

While performing welding duties, employee obtained a flash burn to the left eye, resulting in a heat burn to the left eye.

Unbolted switchgear panel and while reaching underneath for screws, the panel fell on his hand cutting the middle finger. Required two stitches.

Emplyee was entering a dozer when the back of his right arm came in contact with the exhaust stack of the dozer.

Employee was checking levels at the lime plant when the wind began to blow and blew something into employee's right eye.

He was disconnecting bus bars, had a wrench in his hand and the wrench came in contact with positive and negative voltage.

While employee was working dayshift on 7-11-07, he was performing some welding work. Later in the evening the employee felt pain in his eye.

While dumping at the Plan 9 dump on 7/06/07, the wind blew some dust through the open window of the haul truck into employee's eyes. On 7/07/07, the employee's eyes continued to bother him, at which time he reported the incident to his supervisor.

Employee was using a wheel barrel to transfer material down the 3 belt grinding line. When the employee dumped the material and was bringing the wheel barrel back down, the wheel barrel shifted to the right and pinched her 2nd finger on left hand between the handle and an I-beam support.

Employee was unbolting an exhaust system of a piece of equipment, when a particle of dirt entered his left eye.

Employee was working at the shovel when the wind picked up, blowing dirt into his right eye.

While ascending the stairs into building, employee lost his footing and his right foot slipped off the bottom step. This caused pain to the top of his foot.

Employee was removing a pot head from a cable reel when the pot head slipped and pinched the ring finger on his left hand.

While walking the Mammoth header a big gust of wind blew tailings dust into employee's eyes.

Employee was using a cutting torch when the grease caught on fire. Employee attempted to put out the fire with his glove, causing a burn to his right hand.

While working on a piece of equipment with a socket, the socket slipped off of the bolt head and caused the employee to fall 4 feet to the ground.

Employee was picking up hager bar off of the rack to set up bars to feed the upender and smashed the index finger on left hand between bar and starter sheet guide. This became a recordable on 3/27/07 upon medical review.

While trying to move a starter sheet, employee felt pain in lower back.

Employee was tightening bolts on a valve when the wrench slipped off bolt and struck employee above the right eye.

While working on a drill, employee tilted a ladder back and leaned it to the side. As the ladder moved, employee stepped sideways to catch it and stepped into the drill hole on the deck hitting his side of his chest.

Employee cut left thumb while cutting welding lead with hacksaw