Phelps Dodge Bagdad IncMining Incidents in 2021

While getting into a pickup, employee slipped and jarred ankle. No pain initially felt. About six hours later started to feel pain.

Employee was air-arcing on the revolving frame beneath a P&H 4100A shovel. Hot slag entered through the employees protective coveralls and fell down into EE's steel-toed right boot. The employee sustained 2nd and 3rd degree burns on the top of EE's right foot.

While unloading ANPAN, driver was using rubber mallet to loosen material from side walls of pneumatic trailer when they bent down about 1/4 bend to strike the pod and felt a dull pain in back.

Operator injured while troubleshooting the delivery pump #6 in the ECC E room.

Dozer started leaking hydraulic fluid. Employee pulled the dozer to a safe location, Witness #1 noticed flames on the right side engine compartment. Witness #1 called the "Mayday" and instructed Operator to activate the fire suppression on the dozer. NOTE: Incident occurred 12/7. Injury reported 12/16.

Employee was driving haul truck when they hit a bump, causing pain to their lower back.

Shovel operator went to grab water bottle and left foot got stuck in the foot rest, twisting left knee.

Employee reached into bed of truck to grab tool box when they felt a sharp pain in their stomach.

Employee was installing nut on liner bolt when liner shifted, smashing their right index finger between the bolt and liner.

HT216 operator was traveling empty to shovel when truck hit a soft spot in the haul road and reported lower back pain to supervisor.

Employee was washing slurry from floor under moly cleaners during regular shift when they slipped and fell hurting their back.

Loader was loading haul truck when large boulder rolled off dirt in bed and hit hack of the bed. Employee felt pain in lower back.

Employee was descending haul truck steps when their rubber boot got hung up. The employee reached for the handrail to stop their fall and spun around backward falling onto the ground.

Employee's knee popped when swinging sledge hammer in an attempt to remove a lower bucket pin on the loader

Mechanic while using a come-a-long to adjust idler block, come-a-long slipped and free spun with tension on it. This action caused the employee to strain left shoulder.

While being loaded by the shovel a boulder fell off and hit the dove tail of the haul truck. Operator began to feel pain in lower back.

Operator was descending down a ramp with a fully loaded Bulk truck at about 15 miles per hour following a water truck. Operator had both the retarder and jack brakes applied but started to slide and over corrected and slowly turned the truck over.

Employee was operating haul truck that was being loaded by shovel, when loaded felt pain in neck and lower back.

Boulder fell onto dove tail of haul truck while being loaded by a shovel, causing pain in employees lower back.

While employee was backing into SH12, they made contact with the shovel bucket. After the impact employees shoulder and neck began to hurt.

Employee was stripping a communication cable with a knife and the blade cut through the cut resistant gloves resulting in a minor cut on their left thumb.

Employee lacerated hand when trying to cut zip ties.

Employee injured knee and ankle when foot went through a hole in the grating of a sump at the SX.

Employee reported back pain after MOP bus hit a bump too hard.

Employee felt a pain in lower back while operating a skid steer.

Employee was traversing stairs. Their boot caught grating causing a fall and injured right knee.

2/16, Employee injured knee when exiting vehicle. This incident was a later report due to the employee didn't notified supervisor of their injury until days later via email. Employee was seen at the clinic on 03/04 with RD as the diagnosis.

A boulder was loaded into the bed of the truck, jostling the truck and cab. Operator felt pain in back.

Employee injured back while helping to stage scaffolding.

Employee slipped and fell, landing on shoulder while doing daily floor checks.

A rock was dislodge by a pickup causing it to fall into a crusher where miners were working. 1 miner was stuck on the head while wearing a hard hat. The miner was knocked unconscious. Miner received first aid for the incident, and returned to work.

Employee was using a soft face sledge to remove the blade wing shroud from a dozer.

EE was using rotary/demo hammer to remove tile. The spade bit needed to be repositioned. EE held hammer in lap to reposition bit. Hammer slipped & EE reacted by grabbing handle and hit trigger. The chuck closed and EE's glove caught in the chuck and spun. EE's right 2 middle fingers were lacerated by the glove material tearing when caught in the rotation.

Employee was working at the 2250 level changing expansion joints. When they came back to the shop for lunch they began to show signs of heat stress.

Working outside in temperatures over 100 degrees for multiple days, employee started feeling hot and tired, employee was moved to truck to sit in ac and cool off then started cramping and feeling nauseous