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OSHA Injury Report: Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation in El Paso, TX 79915 resulted in days away from work. Employee was refinery Production Operator Trainee 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 3 on 4
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
25

Employee was attempting to place a cathode back on hook after it came off hook

When he placed the cathode on the hook his finger was caught between the bar on the cathode and the hook

Right hand little finger

Cathode bar and rack

Laceration right little finger

Job description
Refinery Production Operator Trainee
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 #
18
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
9:30:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:16:29:00

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.