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 El Paso, TX 79915 resulted in days away from work. Employee was refinery Prod 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 Electrorefining cells section
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 45
- Days restricted or transferred
- 60
Before the incident
Employee was pulling fiberglass hairpins up and out of the electrorefining section he was working on
What happened
Employee was 50% done pulling his section of pins when he felt pain in his lower back
Injury or illness
Lower back strain
Object or substance involved
Fiberglass hairpins
Summary line
Employee experienced a right lower back strain while pulling fiberglass hairpins up and out of the electrorefining section
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Refinery Prod Operator I
- SOC code
- 51-9011 — Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 331410 — Copper smelting and refining, primary
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 280
- Total hours worked
- 620754
- EIN
- 131816885
- Establishment ID
- 633304
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 24FEB26:15:58:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.