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OSHA Injury Report: Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation in El Paso, TX 79915 resulted in other recordable case. 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 Starter Sheet Discharge Station
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was placing a fallen titanium blank on conveyor chain

When placing blank on conveyor chain felt pain in shoulder

Right shoulder strain

Titanium blank sheet

Right shoulder strain from lifting blank on to conveyor chain

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 #
12
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
10:00:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:15:59:00

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.