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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 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 North Stripper
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
68

Machine Operator lifting a titanium starter sheet blank.

Employee lifted a titanium blank starter sheet. The purpose was to put back on the hooks on transfer #1.

Right shoulder strain.

Lifting the blank starter sheet employee suffered a right shoulder stain.

Employee lifted blank titanium starter sheet that fell off hooks straining right shoulder.

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 #
21
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
Submitted
28FEB24:16:56:00

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.