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 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 North Stripper
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 3
Before the incident
Employee was operating stripper machine
What happened
As employee was going to place blank back on the hook the air was blowing sending particles of electrolyte into their mouth.
Injury or illness
Inhalation injury due to chemical
Object or substance involved
Particles of electrolyte
Summary line
Employee inhaled electrolyte particles through mouth causing irritation
Employee and industry
- 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 #
- 9
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:45:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:15:14:00
Source
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.