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OSHA Injury Report: Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation

Other illness · Job transfer or restriction

On , an other illness at Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation in El Paso, TX 79915 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was refinery production operator I 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
Tankhouse - Section 16 on 4
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Other illness (code 6)
Days restricted or transferred
11

Employee was getting cleaning tanks

Employee began experiencing pain in his left elbow as he was getting in and out of the tanks

Lateral epicondylitis of left elbow

Repetitive Motion

Lateral epicondylitis of left elbow due to repetitive motion

Job description
Refinery production operator I
SOC code
51-8093 — Petroleum Pump System Operators, Refinery Operators, and Gaugers
NAICS code
331410 — Copper smelting and refining, primary
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
260
Total hours worked
661623
EIN
131816885
Establishment ID
633304
Employer case #
8
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:14:57:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.