Struck against a moving object
Rollover accident/fatality/ongoing investigation.
Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines CompanyOperator
Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MSHA Operator ID: L09038
- Fatalities
- 4
- Total incidents
- 664
- Mines on record
- 3
- Years on record
- 2000–2026
Safety benchmark
Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.
More recorded fatalities than 94% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
This operator
4
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume
- Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Companythis operator4fatal664 total
- Peabody Powder River Mining LLC3fatal645 total
- CalPortland, Co.2fatal674 total
- Long Branch Energy2fatal676 total
- Phelps Dodge Bagdad Inc2fatal676 total
Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.
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Top causes
- OTHER2 fatalities · 25 non-fatal
- EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE1 fatality · 2 non-fatal
- HOISTING1 fatality
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS203 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON165 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE89 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2026
5
2025
16
2024
24
2023
25
2022
24
2021
26
2020
6
2019
31
2018
31 (2f)
2017
42
2016
45
2015
54
2014
31
2013
26
2012
25
2011
24
2010
7
2009
8 (1f)
2008
47
2007
38
2006
31
2005
33 (1f)
2004
20
2003
10
2002
8
2001
11
2000
16
Mines on record
Fatalities under this operator
4 recordedFall from machine
An employee, assisting with shovel maintenance, entered the man lift at the shovel house level to descend and retrieve a needed part. After entering the man lift, the support arm broke, causing the basket and employee to fall to the ground. An investigation is ongoing. Amendment: Employee passed away 6/27/19.
Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee got out of cab and stepped toward window & knee gave out. Employee did not slip or trip, footing was good, maintained 3 point contact, from a flat surface, but as employee shifted his weight his knee gave out.
Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
THE EE WAS ATTEMPTING TO IDENTIFY LEAKS IN A PONTOON ON A PUMP BARGE. APPARENTLY HE CONNECTED A COMPRESSOR TO THE END PLATE OF THE PONTOON VIA A THREADED NIPPLE, A HOSE WITH A VALVE AND AN AIR PRESSURE GAUGE. THE END OF THE PONTOON RUPTURED AND APPEARS TO HAVE HIT THE EMPLOYEE IN THE HEAD. BECAUSE THERE WERE NO WITNESSES, THE EXACT PROCEDURE & POSITION OF EE'S BODY DURING THE