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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 - Section 15 on 4
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Employee was placing C clamps onto block on section 15 on 4

Employee turned and struck crane hook with his hard hat.

Cervical strain

Crane hook

Struck head on crane hook causing cervical and trapezius strain

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 #
19
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
15:30:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:16:35:00

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.