HANDLING OF MATERIALS

Name: HANDLING OF MATERIALS at Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.
Start: 03/07/2006

220060760015 · 03/07/2006 · Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Classification: HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Accident type: Struck by falling object
Occupation: Maintenance man, Mechanic, Repair/Serviceman, Boilermaker, Fueler, Tire tech, Field service tech
Activity: Machine maintenance
Injury source: METAL,NEC(PIPE,WIRE,NAIL)
Nature of injury: FRACTURE,CHIP
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 5
Mine experience: 1 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Phelps Dodge Corp
Operator: Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.
Mine: 0200024

Narrative

Performing maintenance on shovel. Employee lifted j-bar up from the bottom to remove shims from under the latch lever. When he had the j-bar up high enough, he moved it over, out of the hole, and tried to push the bar up higher. The bar fell on his left thumb (fracture).

Source

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