Freeport-McMoRan Inc safety activity

Employee was descending stairs near the ball mills when EE caught EE's foot on a step, EE fell backwards and landed on EE's foot/ankle. Later in the shift EE asked to be seen at the ER, diagnosed with an ankle sprain and taken off work. Currently ONGOING

Mill Operations Employee was cleaning the discharge cylinder at the Lime Plant. When the valve on the hose was opened, compacted lime discharged back toward the Employee and went under the face shield and safety glasses, contacting the eyes.

An employee was operating a drill press in the maintenance shop when metal shavings became lodged in the equipment. The employee stopped the drill press and attempt to manually remove the obstruction, and a sharp metal shaving penetrated the glove and caused a laceration to the employee's left index finger. The employee received stitches for their injury.

While traveling to the primary crusher, Haul Truck 17 veered into the berm and came to rest on its non-cab side.

Employee was rolling up mantos on a leach stockpile, when their right forearm became irritated by the raffinate solution. The employee wash off arm with 4 bottles of water and reported incident to supervisor. The employee was taken to clinic to be evaluated.

Employee was dehydrated and fell to the ground and experienced shaking for approximately 5 minutes. Dr diagnosis was low electrolytes and potassium. No long term issues noted.

Employee and assisting employee were installing plywood on the 7XC VAD door. While placing the nuts on the sandwich plates, they had just finished the last one on the center of the door frame. While reaching for a tool the employee overextended their elbow causing a pop sound and pain in their elbow.

While cleaning a flowmeter for install, employee cut right finger on the sensor requiring stitches.

While making a turn on SP11 dump in HT 62, the employee bumped their right elbow on the Haul truck steering wheel spoke and caused swelling and right contusion

Employee performing non-routine repetitive physical labor experienced gradual discomfort in shoulder/elbow resulting in Rotator Cuff Tendonitis.

At the end of their shift an employee began descending the front boarding ladder. As employee was reaching the bottom step to get on the platform, they lost footing/overstepped the top rung for the breakaway ladder. This caused the employee to fall approximately 4.5 ft and land on their left elbow.

The employee was walking from the lower lunchroom. Upon reaching the top of the stairway, the employee missed a step, resulting in a twisting injury to the right knee and reported hearing a popping sound.