Mining Incidents

Freeport McMoRan Miami IncOperator

Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MSHA Operator ID: L17249
Fatalities
1
Total incidents
122
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2000–2025

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.

Fatality-count percentile
0th

More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.

Rank
#724of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
0.6×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
1
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

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.

For counsel + compliance teams

Get an email the moment a new MSHA-reportable accident lands at any mine on file under Freeport McMoRan Miami Inc. Useful for 105(c) defense intake, FMSHRC docket prep, and active client monitoring.

Top causes

  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS47 non-fatal
  • SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON21 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)19 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE9 non-fatal
  • OTHER8 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2025
5
2024
6
2023
6
2022
2
2021
2
2020
3
2019
4
2018
5
2017
5
2016
5
2015
6
2014
6
2013
11
2012
8
2011
6
2010
8 (1f)
2008
6
2007
4
2004
1
2003
2
2002
2
2001
6
2000
13

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employees were placing 24"" HDPE pipe, when the pipe suddenly shifted and rolled on top of one of the workers. He was treated and stabilized at the scene. He was subsequently transported to a hospital, where he later passed away.