HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

Name: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) at Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc
Start: 07/01/2026

220261870010 · 07/01/2026 · Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc

Details

Degree of injury: NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT
Classification: HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Accident type: Struck by... NEC
Occupation: Outside foreman, Leadman
Activity: Hand tools (not powered)
Injury source: AXE,HAMMER,SLEDGE
Nature of injury: CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
Body part: FINGER(S)/THUMB
Days lost: 0
Mine experience: 0.08 years

Operator

Controller (parent): Freeport-McMoRan Inc
Operator: Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc
Mine: 0203131

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.

Source

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