# Amputations at Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Miami Operations
> OSHA SIR `20231110441` · 11/13/2023 · CLAYPOOL, ARIZONA
## Severity
- **1 amputation, 1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object falling from vehicle or machinery-other than vehicle part
- **Source:** Machine and appliance parts, n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Conveyors-belt
## Employer
- **Name:** Freeport-McMoran Copper & Gold Miami Operations
- **Location:** 5701 New Street, CLAYPOOL, ARIZONA, 85532
- **NAICS:** 331420
- **Jurisdiction:** 0
## Narrative

An employee was moving a metal plate off the drag chain of a conveyor belt when the plate fell on their finger and amputated it.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*