# Fractures at Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Refinery
> OSHA SIR `20201110706` · 11/11/2020 · EL PASO, TEXAS
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Hand(s), unspecified
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Gears
## Employer
- **Name:** Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Refinery
- **Location:** 897 Hawkins, EL PASO, TEXAS, 79915
- **NAICS:** 331410
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

Inside the maintenance shop, two employees were using a mechanical press to remove a shaft from a gear belonging to an overhead crane. While the gear was being adjusted, it slipped and fell, striking one of the employees on the hand. The employee sustained a broken hand.

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