FIRE

Name: FIRE at Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.
Start: 06/23/2019

220191770020 · 06/23/2019 · Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc.

Details

Degree of injury: ACCIDENT ONLY
Classification: FIRE
Accident type: Accident type, without injuries
Occupation: —
Activity: —
Injury source: —
Nature of injury: —
Body part: —
Days lost: —
Mine experience: — years

Operator

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

Narrative

An employee was air arcing a two and a half inch crack on the front hoist lug. They began welding and another employee noticed smoke, and they evacuated the shovel. Employees were not injured and no damage was found to the shovel.

Source

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