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The employee met with supervisors in a parking lot on the east side of the building. After the conversation, EE turned to walk back to the office and tripped over a wheel chock (angle iron) because EE did not fully clear it. EE fell onto EE's right knee and elbow. EE was wearing steel-toe boots, and no other PPE was involved.

Employee was standing next to wrecker trailer and reached up on the trailer to retrieve EE's earmuffs. When EE stepped back, EE stepped on the welder power plug connection, twisting EE's knee. EE was taken to the ER and given restrictions that cannot be accommodated at this time. Currently ONGOING.

pushing material with a rubber tire dozer was backing up and ran over a rock causing machine to bounce and cause back strain.

Employees were pulling a vertical turbine pump, had placed a joint of column pipe on lay down timbers. As the pipe reached the last timber, it was slightly higher, so employee attempted to lift the pipe and exacerbated a recently repaired hernia. Surgical repair slated for 05/21/26. Currently ONGOING.

Employee had a hearing evaluation at Gila Health Resources on 5/7/2026 in follow up to concerns noted at EE's annual medical monitoring exam. Diagnosis: Left ear: hearing loss and STS despite wearing PPE for hearing. "Last scheduled work date before evaluation 5/6/2026 at 4:56 AM. Released to work with no restrictions.

A Mill Diagnostic mechanic was guiding a coupling guard into position using crane assistance. The mechanic attempted to lift the bottom edge of the guard to maneuver it over the adjustment bolt. The guard was set back down, the mechanic's left hand was still positioned underneath, resulting in the left index finger being caught and pinched between the adjustment bolt and the guard.

Employee felt a groin strain while cleaning but delayed reporting it until the end of the shift when the pain persisted.

Employee was walking towards the centerline during shift change using the designated path to the ladder. As they were walking towards the ladder the employee noticed that the pathway sloughed causing the employees left leg to sink up to the knee. This position caused the employees ankle to experience discomfort. The employee went restricted duty 5/5/2026.

Employee was picking up blanks in the cell rack and removing wooden blocks when employee descended from platform stepping onto wooden block on floor causing employee to fall same level and rolling EE's right ankle.

Skoria was placed in the employee parking lot around 4:30am. Pit operator employee slipped in the parking lot getting EE's work bag out of EE's car.

A Shovel/Drill employee was removing snubber pins to perform a re-shim of the snubber. While using a digging bar to drive out the pins, the pin suddenly released, causing the snubber to drop. This resulted in the employee's left pinky finger being pinched between the dipper bore and the digging bar. Employee was given restrictions on 4/25/2026.

Employee inspecting a hose stood up in a confined space and struck their hard hat on a frame causing their jaw to snap shut and chip a tooth with a minor gum laceration.

While backing up haul truck to shovel, employee had neck pain when the truck struck the shovel dipper which caused the contents to drop in truck bed.

Wrench struck safety glasses, employee suffered laceration to face that required stitches.

Employee was moving vacuum hose, and it got caught causing EE to fall. EE had pain in EE's right knee which worsened on 04/24/2026.

Employee used Brakleen to remove hydraulic oil from their hands; after doing so they took a smoke break causing burns to their hands.

Employee was walking crouched down in a low overhead clearance area and felt a pop in EE's lower back, followed by pain. EE was taken to the clinic, given work restrictions the company is accommodating. CURRENTLY ONGOING

Haul truck operator hit a couple of potholes and tensed and applied brakes while traveling haul road. Soon after the operator saw a truck sliding towards them, so they tensed up and applied brakes again. In tensing up, the operator felt pain in left shoulder. The operator ran two more loads and, on the way, to tie down, the pain increased.

The operator was dismounting equipment using a ladder when they experienced pain and noted swelling in the knee.

Employee reported that dust entered under their safety glasses flushed their eyes using an eyewash bottles. The employee declined medical evaluation at the clinic at the time. With continuing issues, the employee was later evaluated and given prescription eyedrops.

Mill Mechanic was moving a sensor into position for run operations and in the process pushed themselves up to move along the ring gear and felt a pop in their left shoulder.

Employee was squatting down tying mantos to 4" pipe on a leaching stockpile, when they fell foreword hitting right knee and elbow on rock. Employee felt pain in both areas and reported it to supervisor.

Employee was descending stairs near the ball mills when EE caught EE's foot on a step, EE fell backwards and landed on EE's foot/ankle. Later in the shift EE asked to be seen at the ER, diagnosed with an ankle sprain and taken off work. Currently ONGOING

Mill Operations Employee was cleaning the discharge cylinder at the Lime Plant. When the valve on the hose was opened, compacted lime discharged back toward the Employee and went under the face shield and safety glasses, contacting the eyes.

An employee was operating a drill press in the maintenance shop when metal shavings became lodged in the equipment. The employee stopped the drill press and attempt to manually remove the obstruction, and a sharp metal shaving penetrated the glove and caused a laceration to the employee's left index finger. The employee received stitches for their injury.

While traveling to the primary crusher, Haul Truck 17 veered into the berm and came to rest on its non-cab side.

Employee was rolling up mantos on a leach stockpile, when their right forearm became irritated by the raffinate solution. The employee wash off arm with 4 bottles of water and reported incident to supervisor. The employee was taken to clinic to be evaluated.

Employee was dehydrated and fell to the ground and experienced shaking for approximately 5 minutes. Dr diagnosis was low electrolytes and potassium. No long term issues noted.

Employee performing non-routine repetitive physical labor experienced gradual discomfort in shoulder/elbow resulting in Rotator Cuff Tendonitis.

While cleaning a flowmeter for install, employee cut right finger on the sensor requiring stitches.

While making a turn on SP11 dump in HT 62, the employee bumped their right elbow on the Haul truck steering wheel spoke and caused swelling and right contusion

At the end of their shift an employee began descending the front boarding ladder. As employee was reaching the bottom step to get on the platform, they lost footing/overstepped the top rung for the breakaway ladder. This caused the employee to fall approximately 4.5 ft and land on their left elbow.

The employee was walking from the lower lunchroom. Upon reaching the top of the stairway, the employee missed a step, resulting in a twisting injury to the right knee and reported hearing a popping sound.

While employee was removed tires from a connex for delivery, they noticed overlap of tires with an adjacent stack. As additional force was used to move the overlapped tire, the adjacent stack became unstable causing some tires to fall and strike the employee which resulted in the employee falling and straining their back.

Employee was tailing a core tube out from a ct-20 to pull the sample. While tailing out the tube, the Kelly hose snagged on the wire line causing slack. As the tube came up changing the angle releasing the slack, dropping the back side of the tube 1 foot causing a strain on the helper right shoulder

Employee was using an 8-foot steel bar at the P 9/10 chute to remove a slab (rock) at the bottom of the chute. As the employee was attempting to hit the slab, their left hand hit the bottom of the chute door and smashed their left pinky finger.

While cleaning P92A ore pass grizzly in P91 at around 21:25 of plug reversing in 1st gear, hit rib with left rear corner of loader. Upon contact with rib, low speed, felt sharp pain in front right shoulder.

The employee was placing a ladder against a chute, when dirt/debris fell onto employee's face and into EE's right eye. The employee rubbed EE's right eye causing irritation.

Morenci Mill Maintenance employee was in the belt shop attempting to cut some skirting for a belt job. As they began to cut using the Olfa knife, the knife slipped cutting into the A6 rated glove and HexArmor sleeve into the employees left thumb, side cutting the skin next to the nail.

Operator was attempting to fill in a hole from where the shovel came out of. While pushing material, the operator claims that they came to a sudden stop causing them to be jarred forward. Operator went restricted duty on 3/11/2026.

Operator was mounting a Haul Truck and raising the boarding ladder. The operator's hand was on the boarding ladder switch when the handrail to the ladder pinched their finger between the switch and the handrail.

Mill Crusher Ops employee was making their rounds this morning checking all the unit screens at the Secondary Crusher, employee went to close the "doghouse" door and smashed their middle finger.

Employee was staging liners, when they accidentally pinched the tip of their finger when setting one down. The nail was broken in half and bleeding, Causing a finger fracture

Haul Truck 629 was loaded at a shovel and traveling uphill to a dump when smoke and flames were observed in the engine bay. The haul truck came to a stop the operator descended the haul truck.

Employee was walking down the stairs attempting to remove something from EE's bag and missed the last step, causing EE to fall and injure EE's right elbow and left knee

The haul truck operator had completed dumping and was traveling back down the haul road. While driving, the operator struck a pothole at approximately 13 miles per hour. As a result of the impact, the operator reported experiencing lower back pain. Operator went restricted duty on 3/9/2026.

Employee was coming down off a service truck, slipped on the top step, and fell 3 feet landing on EE's back, causing a mid and upper back contusion, left 5th anterior rib fracture and left small pneumothorax.

A Haul Truck was being loaded by a Shovel. During the third dipper, a boulder was at the top of the dipper leaning on the teeth. When the bottom of the dipper opened, the boulder did not fall through with the rest of the load. Instead, it rolled over the teeth, hit the driver side of the haul trucks canopy and fell to the ground. Operator went restricted duty on 3/12/2026.

An operator was using a rock hook to unplug a chute. They were pulling up on a stuck rock when it broke loose which caused the tool to come up and make contact with the employee's central incisor #8 (front upper) tooth.

The Shovel Operator walked the shovel back down off of the 3'-4' hard knob and the shovel jolted. This resulted in the operator experiencing neck pain.