HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Freeport McMoRan Corporation
Start: 11/04/2004

220043150037 · 11/04/2004 · Freeport McMoRan Corporation

Details

Degree of injury: DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Occupation: Bulldozer operator, Universal operator, Heavy equipment operator, Operating engineer
Activity: Handling supplies or material
Injury source: METAL COVERS & GUARDS
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: ARM,NEC
Days lost: 44
Mine experience: 16 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Phelps Dodge Corp
Operator: Freeport McMoRan Corporation
Mine: 0201656

Narrative

Employee was unloading scrap metal out of a 10 wheel truck. The metal stuck to tailgate as it was being unloaded. Employee lowered the truck's bed and went to loosen the tailgate to release the stuck material. The tailgate released and pinned the employee's left arm between the tailgate and bed of the truck, breaking his left arm.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown