Mining Incidents

Phelps Dodge Bagdad IncMining Incidents in 2018

All MSHA-reportable accidents at Phelps Dodge Bagdad Inc operations in 2018. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2018
0
Total incidents
41
Year
2018

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS12 incidents
  2. 02SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON11 incidents
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE5 incidents
  4. 04MACHINERY5 incidents
  5. 05HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)3 incidents

All incidents in 2018

Fall from machine

While employee was getting off a haul truck EE came down to the lower stairs. EE bent over to pick up an item and became dizzy upon standing. EE fell forward off the haul truck onto EE's head and right arm.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While fueling haul truck, employee stepped into the parking ditch for the left front tire and fell to the ground. Employee felt pain in right ankle, left knee and left arm.

Struck against a moving object

Driver swerved to avoid deer in road. Driver was speeding. Tractor/trailer rolled on its side and was towed. Driver was treated and released from hospital morning of accident with minor cut to head, bruised hip and sore muscles.

Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee bent to tie shoe and felt pain in their back.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee felt pain in right hip while walking on uneven ground.

Struck against a moving object

While operating a haul truck, employee reported that the employee was bounced around from a rutted road and felt pain in employee's back

Struck against a moving object

During shift change, man van was traveling down the ramp to drop haul truck drivers off at the S10 tie down, when man van hit a series of bumps causing the bus to bounce up and down causing passenger to feel pain in back

Struck against a moving object

While pioneering a road, and due to road conditions, track dozer rolled over

Struck by falling object

Employee was operating a come-along to position a D11 dozer blade stabilizer into position to connect to the machine. Come-along was improperly rigged and the chain was on the safety latch and broke free and stabilizer fell onto employee's right foot.

Struck by flying object

As cable was being rolled up it became stuck in some mud and when it broke free the cable struck employee. Employee regained footing and while walking back to the vehicle started feeling pain. Employee called for supervisor and was taken to clinic for evaluation. The employee's leg was fractured and they were unable to return to work for next scheduled shift.

Fall from machine

Employee reported that while descending haul truck ladder at tie down, knee buckled causing employee to fall

Rubbed or abraded

After sampling groundwater wells on 7/19, ee noticed a rash had formed on right ankle below the boot line. EE returned to work on 7/27. The rash on the right ankle was more severe at the end of the day. EE continued to have irritation through the week resulting in a doctor visit on 7/21 where ee was diagnosed with cellulitis by a medical professional.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

While washing rock by 2-3 chute at the walkway on grind floor, employee took a step forward and slipped and fell landing on left side

Over-exertion in lifting objects

After moving a porta john, employee was raising the tailgate on the truck and felt pain in their back.

Contact with hot objects or substances

While air arcing on feed cart, employee's clothes caught on fire.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cutting belt, employee cut left thumb with razor knife.

Fall onto or against objects

While descending boarding ladder of haul truck 206, employee slipped and hit back against the ladder.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Operator stepped off of D10-22 on the SW4000 dump to talk to trainer on the ground. Operator had right hand on grip and right foot on the step as the left foot touched the ground. Operator stated they felt pain in their left foot upon this action.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee had tripped and fell on a rock while conversing with another employee during their fueling process.

Fall to the walkway or working surface

Employee reported that while performing leach maintenance, employee tripped on a rock and fell injuring knee

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While assisting with a rebuild on the secondary crusher, EE had EE's arms extended and felt a sharp pain on the right side of EE's rib area

Struck against stationary object

Employee hurt ankle while pulling drip line on Kimberly 3950 leach field

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

While being trained on the roll off wrecker, employee's finger was caught between the roll off tow truck rear deck and the j-hook

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

While removing 2" nut from the feed end of the number 3 auto mill, impact wrench slipped and employee hurt left pinky finger.

Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

Employee was pushing two batteries on a pallet and felt pain in the hip.

Struck against a moving object

Employee experienced a rough load from Shovel causing neck to hurt

Struck against a moving object

Shovel was loading HT 131 when the dipper contacted the bed causing employee to feel pain in neck.

Contact with hot objects or substances

Employee burnt the palm of EE's hand on a vice that was used to make brackets

Absorption of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

Employee received scrapes on the back of EE's calves due to ill fitting boots. Moly trioxide came in contact with the scrapes causing a chemical burn

Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee injured left finger while setting cribs for side frame rollover

Struck by flying object

Employee reported that while driving their right eye started to burn and itch.

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

While installing belts, employee's finger got caught between the sheave and the belt.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

While cutting an apple with a leatherman, employee cut right wrist.

Struck by flying object

While employee was changing teeth on Shovel 10, a nut came loose flipping back and hitting the employee in the lip.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

An AECOM employee involved in a subsurface investigations for a prefeasibility study for a new tailing impoundment stepped on a rock as they exited a vehicle. This caused the ankle to twist. Employee later recieved treatment including a brace, prescription ibuprophen, work restrictions, and physical therapy. The injury did not reslut in lost time.

Struck by falling object

Employee reported that while picking up a rag off EE's tool box, a drill was on top of it. The drill fell and the employee tried to catch it resulting in a small puncture wound to EE's palm

Struck by flying object

While cleaning out the Kiln, employee got a foreign object in their eye.

Struck by flying object

Employee was washing on GL-5 lower grind floor when the high pressure water hose broke causing spray to go in face and eye

Fall from ladders

Employee was tightening bail pin split collar bolts when the ladder they were on slipped out from under them causing them to hit the shovel causing a laceration under the eye. This injury did not become recordable until an antibiotic was given for an infection of the laceration 03/17/2018.

Contact with heat

Toward the end of the shift, employee began to experience symptoms of heat related illness.

Contact with heat

Employee felt ill after working in hot conditions

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.