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
- Tank House Cathode Washer #2
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 180
Before the incident
Employee was pulling copper suspension bars from washed copper cathode plates. Employee walked to cross narrow gauge track in front of Copper Cathode washer and Rail cart holding cathode plates
What happened
Copper Cathode plates slid off cart contacting employee 's right leg and foot.
Injury or illness
Acute displaced fractures of the distal metaphysis of the third fourth and fifth metatarsals
Object or substance involved
Copper cathode plates
Summary line
Employee was crossing narrow gauge track when copper plate on rail cart fell landing on operator 's right leg causing acute displaced fractures of the distal metaphysis of the third fourth and fifth metatarsals
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 #
- 7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 12:45
- 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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