El Paso, TX ·
OSHA Injury Report: Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation in 850 Hawkins Blvd, El Paso, TX 79915 resulted in days away from work. Employee was refinery Production Operator I in copper smelting and refining, primary.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation
- Parent company
- Freeport McMoran
- Street
- 850 Hawkins Blvd
- City
- El Paso
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 79915
- On-site location
- Tankhouse Starter Sheet
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 61
Before the incident
Employee was assisting crane operator hook up lifting rack to starter sheets
What happened
A starter sheet blank was not hooked on the rack properly employee attempted to re-hook starter sheet when the blank fell off crushing his hand
Injury or illness
Hand crush injury right hand laceration of right ring finger open fracture of phalanx of ring finger
Object or substance involved
Starter sheet blank
Summary line
Crushed right hand ring finger while hooking fallen blank
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Refinery Production Operator I
- SOC code
- 51-9199: Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 331410: Copper smelting and refining, primary
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 280
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 620,754
- EIN
- 131816885
- Establishment ID
- 633304
- Employer case #
- 2
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 09:05
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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