Mining Incidents

Phelps Dodge Bagdad IncMining Incidents in 2016

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Phelps Dodge Bagdad Inc operations in 2016. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2016
0
Total incidents
25
Year
2016

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS11 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON8 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY1 incident
  4. 04STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT1 incident
  5. 05POWERED HAULAGE1 incident

All incidents in 2016

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee inhaled floor absorbent felt tightening of chest and difficulty breathing.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While changing ceramic liner, liner slipped hitting employee's right 4th finger

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While welding HDPE pipe together, pipe moved and pinched employee's left ring finger.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While pushing baffle plate into position, employee felt pinch to left index finger.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Small crusher defector plate dislodged, hitting employee in the left leg.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was stepping off boom truck and twisted EE's left ankle.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was exiting MCC when EE slipped and fell, hurting right knee

Struck against stationary object

Employee reported rolling EE's right ankle when EE stepped on a piece of hard concrete in the grating.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee was stepping out of vehicle and slipped on ice, causing EE to fall and have pain to EE's lower back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While stepping out of cab of haul truck, employee felt pain to left knee

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee parked skid steer between grind lines 2&3. EE then got out and walked 3 steps before slipping and injuring knee.

Struck against a moving object

Employee was operating haul truck 201 when ee felt a jar after being loaded by shovel 8.

Fall from machine

Employee went to step off of the side of a trailer, slipped and fell to the ground, injuring left wrist.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While employee performing clean up employee slipped and fell.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee injured right knee while attempting to remove cable from roll off bin. Light rain was falling and employee attempted to remove the cable with right leg. Leg slipped due to damp conditions and knee was injured in the process.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

While moving a ladder, employee felt pain to right shoulder.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee closed door on left little finger when ee was mounting rubber tire dozer #1.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee's eye came into contact with Molybdenum while working in the pressure leach vessel.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

While moving the jack on the press employee smashed finger between jack and guarding.

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Team member had finger caught in pinch point while moving job materials.

Struck by flying object

While a rock-breaker was being used to knock out concaves, the EE was standing in the barricaded area 25ft away from activity when a small piece of shrapnel hit EE in the lip requiring 4 sutures.

Struck by falling object

While trying to remove large nuts and bolts from a delivery pump, a nut fell, hitting employee's right index finger.

Struck against stationary object

Employee was unloading metal cable tray into dumpster when EE cut EE's left middle finger.

Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee was working around the Bag2 Thickener tank, started coughing after breathing a small amount of VOC gas in the area.

Contact with heat

Supervised contract employee started to feel ill

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 Phelps Dodge Bagdad Inc's numeric MSHA operator ID.