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October 20, 1990 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal electrician, lineman Fatality · ELECTRICAL

Freeport McMoRan Corporation · Contact with electrical current

EMPLOYEE CONTACTED AN ENERGIZED 2300 VOLT BARE CONDUCTOR & WAS ELECTROCUATED

January 3, 1987 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal motorman, motor person, swamper, switchman, locomotive operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

Phelps Dodge Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

I.NAME WAS IN T2E PROCESS OF UNLOADING HIS BOTTOM DUMP RAIL CARS AT THE METCALF HOPPER WHEN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, ONE OF THE CARS TURNED OVER ON ITS SIDE AND I.NAME WAS FOUND LAYING UNDERNEATH IT 3

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