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OSHA Injury Report: Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation in El Paso, TX 79915 resulted in days away from work. Employee was refinery Operations Helper in copper smelting and refining, primary.

Establishment
Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation
Parent company
Freeport McMoran
Street
850 Hawkins Blvd
City
El Paso
State
TX
ZIP
79915
On-site location
Refinery West Scale
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5

Employee was working to transfer line of narrow gauage cars from track 2 (south) to track 1 (north) Employee was using steel tool to disengage or disconnect line of about 32 cathode cars from 2 bar basket car at the east end. Locomotive was on west end pulling carts.

When employee was watching locomotive and string of cars the disconnected bar basket bars rolled back contacting the employee 's left foot.

Left foot 1st and 2nd toes had mild swelling dislodged toenail. Avulsion of left toenail crush injury of left great toe.

Narrow gauge car wheel

Employee had left foot struck by narrow gauge car wheel while moving cathode cars with locomotive causing avulsion of left toenail and crush injury of left great toe

Job description
Refinery Operations Helper
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
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 #
8
Date of incident
Shift started
3:00
Time of incident
12:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:16:16:00

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.