MINE DETAILS
Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc
MSHA MINE ID0203131
LOCATION
Mine location
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Mine coordinates
- Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc32.95528, -109.70111Open map ↗
Quarterly trends
2025 Q1 – 2026 Q4
Database snapshot · 2026-10-13. MSHA quarterly production and employment reports.
Coal production
0reported short tons
Hours worked
4,889,229reported employee hours
Tons per hour
0.00production ÷ hours worked
Missing values appear as —. Totals use available reports. Tons per hour requires production and hours for the same quarters and a nonzero hours total. * Striped bars mark partial mine coverage or an incomplete quarter. See the table for coverage.
Quarterly data and reporting coverage
| Quarter | Coal (short tons) | Hours worked | Tons / hour | Avg. employees | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q1 | 0 | 814,452 | 0.00 | 1,608 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q2 | 0 | 846,302 | 0.00 | 1,634 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q3 | 0 | 816,532 | 0.00 | 1,624 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2025 Q4 | 0 | 786,053 | 0.00 | 1,565 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q1 | 0 | 796,958 | 0.00 | 1,562 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q2 | 0 | 828,932 | 0.00 | 1,609 | 1/1 mines reporting |
| 2026 Q3 | — | — | — | — | No report |
| 2026 Q4 | — | — | — | — | No report |
Safety and enforcement
2025-01-01 – 2026-10-13
Violations
15117 significant & substantial (S&S)
Accident records
570 records classified as fatality
Proposed penalties · USD
123,468.00142 of 151 violations with amounts
On-site inspection hours
985.758 inspections · 8 with hours
Counts are published records, including contractor records. * The quarter was incomplete at the snapshot date; recent counts may rise as reports arrive. — means no reported amount or hours. Portfolio totals use current membership.
Quarterly safety data
| Quarter | Violations | S&S | Proposed USD | Accident records | Fatality records | Inspections | On-site hours |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-Q1 | 45 | 5 | 39,884.00 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 203.8 |
| 2025-Q2 | 0 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2025-Q3 | 30 | 2 | 27,365.00 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 241.5 |
| 2025-Q4 | 30 | 4 | 36,945.00 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 186.3 |
| 2026-Q1 | 0 | 0 | — | 6 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2026-Q2 | 45 | 6 | 19,123.00 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 347.5 |
| 2026-Q3 | 1 | 0 | 151.00 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 6.8 |
| 2026-Q4 * | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
Most cited CFR sections
All violations issued in the selected period. Counts combine subsections.
Safety activity
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
While the employee was entering the rear seat of an enclosed Can-AM and holding the front door frame for support, the front passenger closed the door, causing the employees right pinky finger to become caught in the door.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
The employee was bent over while breaking ice. When they stood upright, they experienced pain in their back and reported that they had injured their back.
DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS) · OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6
Accident narrative
During the 8/21/26 morning lineout, a Leaching employee reported dehydration systems that began on 8/20/26. The employee was evaluated by Rescue and referred to Gila Health Resources (GHR) and Mount Graham Regional Medical Center (MGRMC) for further evaluation.
OTHER · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
During shift change, the operator sustained a back strain while reaching behind the seat to retrieve EE's lunch bag. The discomfort was reported immediately following the movement.
MACHINERY · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was grinding surface area for welder. Grinder slipped and cut the employee's left middle finger. Employee received four stitches.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was helping to remove chains from a tire on the loader. EE swung a brass hammer to remove a cut metal chain link. The link struck on the left cheek causing a laceration.
MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Following harvest activities in the Tank house, the employee was assigned to pull samples. While attaching a single pull to a cathode, the employee's left hand was caught while engaging the locking mechanism, resulting in an injury to the left hand.
56.4200(b)(2) · $151.00 proposed
103 (g) Written Notification Hazard Complaint Inspectio · 6.8 on-site hours
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was helping to carry a 14-foot wooden frame down a ramp. Their foot slipped and they fell forward striking their face on the frame, causing them to loose their left incisor and cutting the inside of their left lower lip.
MACHINERY · DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY
Accident narrative
Employee was washing boots off with portable hot pressure washer. While doing so a stream of hot water entered EE's boot causing burns to top of left foot.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Accident narrative
While using a hammer and brass plug to remove drill splits from a core innertube, the hammer struck the tube rack/frame and deflected, causing it to strike the employee's left thumb instead of the brass plug, resulting in an injury to the thumb.
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was using a 4-pound hammer to tap in a snubber pin on a shovel dipper. A piece of fly metal from the pin struck the employee on the right cheek and caused a laceration.
HANDLING OF MATERIALS · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
While lifting machine part felt pop in shoulder, received restricted duty 3 days later.
Compliance Follow-up Inspection · 2.5 on-site hours
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was picking up blanks in the cell rack and removing wooden blocks when employee descended from platform stepping onto wooden block on floor causing employee to fall same level and rolling EE's right ankle.
POWERED HAULAGE · DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY
Accident narrative
While backing up haul truck to shovel, employee had neck pain when the truck struck the shovel dipper which caused the contents to drop in truck bed.
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON · DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
Accident narrative
Employee was moving vacuum hose, and it got caught causing EE to fall. EE had pain in EE's right knee which worsened on 04/24/2026.
56.14100(c)
56.4102 · $336.00 proposed
56.4102 · $336.00 proposed
56.12004 · $151.00 proposed
56.4102 · $151.00 proposed
56.14100(c)
56.14100(c) · $245.00 proposed
Safety sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date), and Inspections (begin date). Snapshot 2026-10-13.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.
CFR headings link to the current Title 30 index; they are not historical legal determinations.
OWNERSHIP
Operator and controller history
Current ownership comes from MSHA Mines. Historical start and end dates come from MSHA Controller and Operator History.
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Freeport-McMoRan InccontrolsFreeport-McMoRan Safford IncoperatesFreeport-McMoRan Safford Inc
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0203131—
Phelps Dodge CorpcontrolsFreeport-McMoRan Safford IncoperatesFreeport-McMoRan Safford Inc
msha-controller-operator-history · controller/operator co-tenure derived on mine 0203131Other historical summaries · source-specific periods
RECORD SUMMARY
Production, safety and enforcement
These summaries use the periods stated on each card, independently of the reporting period above.
01 / SAFETYwatch
Accidents and injuries
487 historical accident/injury rows; 2 coded fatalities and 5,733 lost days across the published record.
ACCIDENT + INJURY RECORD191 since 2021
accidentsmine-production-quarterly02 / COMPLIANCEwatch
Violations and penalties
1,007 violation rows across the full record; 181 carry an S&S flag and $685,516 appears in current assessed amounts.
ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITY301 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsassessed-violationsorders-107a03 / HEALTHwatch
Occupational health samples
83 personal. 4 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE83 samples
personal-health-samples04 / PRODUCTIONcontext
Quarterly production and employment
829K employee hours and 1,609 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
2026-Q20 tons
mine-production-quarterlymine-production-yearly05 / LEGALwatch
Contests, conferences and decisions
64 contested-violation rows, 64 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 19 conference records linked by issuance number.
POST-ISSUANCE LIFECYCLE147 linked rows
conferencescontested-violationscivil-penalty-dockets-decisions06 / CONTRACTORScontext
Contractors
Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
ENTITY-LEVEL CONTEXT65 linked entities
contractor-production-quarterlycontractor-production-yearlyaccidentsviolations07 / INSPECTIONScontext
Inspections
123 inspection events and 9K published inspection hours across the historical record.
OVERSIGHT COVERAGE29 since 2021
inspectionsviolationsHEALTH SAMPLING
Silica and quartz
Coal quartz, metal/nonmetal personal samples and area samples. Snapshot Oct 13, 2026. 32 silica records across the mine’s published history.
Personal silica samples · concentration / limit
Quarterly mean · published C/E ratio
— No eligible measurements. * Quarter in progress. Means describe the available samples, not average exposure across the mine.
Quartz % is the sample’s quartz content; µg/m³ is its reported concentration. Personal C/E is the ratio to the limit published with that sample. Personal and area concentration units and void status are not specified in those source files.
| Date / sample | Dataset / analyte | Occupation / area | Measurement | Sample status | Published action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 000000202601655100 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Crusher Oper/Worker | 0× published limitConcentration: 0000.15 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F02783B |
| 000000202601655200 | Metal/nonmetal personalQuartz, respirable, >1% Qtz | Crusher Oper/Worker | 0× published limitConcentration: 0000.14 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified | Not reported | NO ACTIONInspection F02783B |
Sources and interpretation
- Coal means use numeric concentrations from samples marked not voided, excluding control/invalid sample types and dates after the snapshot. Missing values remain null; reported zeroes remain zero.
- Quarterly means describe available samples, not mine-wide or worker-average exposure. Quarters with no eligible measurements remain empty; the current quarter is partial.
- Personal C/E is MSHA's published concentration-to-limit ratio. A value above 1 is not by itself a citation or a determination under the 2024 silica rule. Personal and area files do not publish a void-status field.
- Area records include bulk-dust analyses and are kept separate from personal exposure results. Their concentration units are not specified in the source dictionary.
- Missing samples do not establish safe conditions. Coal quartz percentage and concentration are separate measures. No compliance threshold is inferred for coal samples.
Coal quartz field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal personal field definitions ↗Metal/nonmetal area field definitions ↗
EIA + TITLE 30
EIA production and cited regulations
EIA annual figures are reported separately from MSHA. Regulation links use the current eCFR snapshot.
Not present in the 2024 EIA coal workbook.
This can mean the operation is non-coal, inactive for the annual period, or outside the EIA-7A reporting population.
30 CFR 56.4200General requirements.2 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.14100Safety defects; examination, correction and records.4 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.4102Spillage and leakage.3 recent rows ↗30 CFR 56.12004Electrical conductors.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.4130Electric substations and liquid storage facilities.1 recent row ↗30 CFR 56.12018Identification of power switches.1 recent row ↗
RECENT PUBLIC RECORDS
Recent violations and samples
Latest records retained for inspection; aggregates above use the full source history.
523025456.4200(b)(2)Citation
523018156.14100(c)Citation
523018056.4102Citation
523017956.4102Citation
503614356.12004Citation
503578356.4102Citation
503517556.14100(c)Citation
505938056.14100(c)Citation
Coal dust, noise and other contaminants. Silica records above ↑
Respirable dust, <.1mgUtility Man
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgBulldozer Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgFront-end Loader Operator
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
Respirable dust, <.1mgTruck Driver
C/E: 00.00Concentration: 0000.00 · limit: 0000.00Source unit unspecified
SOURCE COVERAGE
Reporting dates and coverage
15 datasets contain linked records. Missing datasets are listed below.
DATASETROWSWINDOWSTATUS
Accident, Injuries, and Illnessessafety · contractors487Jul 18, 2006—Sep 24, 2026mine-keyed
Addresses of Recordidentity · logistics1Feb 1, 2008—Feb 1, 2008mine-keyed
Assessed Violationscompliance · legal990Sep 19, 2006—Jul 30, 2026mine-keyed
Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisionscompliance · legal64Oct 2, 2007—Jan 22, 2026mine-keyed
Coal Dust Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Conferencescompliance · legal19Nov 27, 2007—Mar 25, 2026mine-keyed
Contested Violationscompliance · legal64Sep 21, 2006—Dec 17, 2025mine-keyed
Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterlycontractors · production · safety10,156Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Contractor Employment and Production — Yearlycontractors · production · safety2,280Not published—Not publishedentity-linked
Controller and Operator Historyidentity · compliance2Jun 20, 2006—Jun 20, 2006mine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Quarterlyproduction · safety · compliance236Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Mine Employment and Production — Yearlyproduction · safety · compliance62Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Inspectionssafety · compliance123Sep 19, 2006—Jul 29, 2026mine-keyed
Minesidentity · production · logistics1Not published—Not publishedmine-keyed
Metal and Nonmetal Area Sampleshealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Sampleshealth · safety83Jun 3, 2009—Apr 22, 2026mine-keyed
Noise Sampleshealth · safety · equipment—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Quartz Samples — Coalhealth · safety—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
Violationscompliance · safety · legal1,007Sep 19, 2006—Jul 30, 2026mine-keyed
107(a) Orders Issuedsafety · compliance—No published rowsabsent / not applicable
NOTES
Limitations
- Contractor production is entity-level and is never represented as mine-attributable.
- Missing rows can mean no event, publication delay, identity mismatch, or inapplicability.