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.
Freeport McMoRan Miami IncOperator
- 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.
More recorded fatalities than 0% of operators on file.
Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.
Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.
- AEP Kentucky Coal, L.L.C.2fatal123 total
- Dolet Hills Lignite Company LLC1fatal122 total
- Mountain Spring Coal Company1fatal122 total
- Bluff City Minerals, LLC1fatal123 total
- Freeport McMoRan Miami Incthis operator1fatal122 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
- 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