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 production Operator Trainee 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 Track 9
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 12
Before the incident
Standing behind dropped cathode stand waiting on crane operator to bring suspended cathode to cathode stand so he could guide it into place
What happened
Suspended cathode came free from lifting device resulting in cathode falling and striking employee 's hand
Injury or illness
Laceration to right index finger
Object or substance involved
Cathode
Summary line
Laceration right index finger struck by dropped cathode
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production Operator Trainee
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- 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 #
- 15
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 5:40:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:16:21:00
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.