El Paso, TX —
OSHA Injury Report: Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation in El Paso, TX 79915 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was production Operations Helper 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 Cooling Station
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was sitting down at a cooling zone when a particle blew into his eye
What happened
Overhead crane bumped on the stop in doing so particles came off crane rail. A fan was blowing in front of employee when a particle blew in his eye.
Injury or illness
Corneal abrasion to right eye
Object or substance involved
Airborne particle
Summary line
Foreign body and corneal abrasion right eye
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Operations Helper
- SOC code
- 9999 — Uncoded
- 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 #
- 14
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 6:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:16:18:00
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.