Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Miami Operations

An employee was moving a metal plate off the drag chain of a conveyor belt when the plate fell on their finger and amputated it.

An employee connected a steam line to a hose to clean equipment when the fitting broke loose. They were struck by steam in the left inner thigh, resulting in burns that required hospitalization.

An employee was straining hot water from a pot of rice when the water splashed onto them, resulting in burns to their chest, arms, shoulder, and back.

An employee was making tea when she noticed tea grinds were collecting on the side and water was no longer dripping through the funnel. The employee was checking the funnel when boiling water and tea grinds spilled onto the left side of her body. The employee sustained burns to her neck, back, and arm.

An employee had turned off the ball valve on a waterpipe system and was removing the plug when the coupling system attached to the strainer came apart. Hot water sprayed on his arm and back, resulting in first- and second-degree burns that required surgery.

An employee was using a shovel to remove waste vermiculite from molten zinc. The metal had been placed in a bin and partially hardened. The employee broke through the partially hardened metal; still-molten metal flowed to the employee's steel-toed right boot and entered through the cloth boot tongue. The employee suffered a third-degree burn to the right foot and was hospitalized.

At about 12:40 p.m. on December 5, 2018, two employees were rolling a starter on a compressor that involved inserting a large breaker into a switchgear. An arc flash burned both employees, and both were hospitalized.

An employee was troubleshooting a feeder's conveyor belt pulley, which was not moving. He was checking the belt's tension when it started to move, catching his right index finger and resulting in an amputation of the first digit. The feeder was not locked out and was unguarded at the time of the incident.

An employee was moving a 1,000-pound coil of metal using a floor crane when the coil fell off the crane and landed on the employee's lower legs, contusing/crushing them from the knees to the ankles.

An employee was making routine rounds at the plant when a power outage occurred causing a fan to fail. The employee was overcome by sulfur dioxide. The employee did not have a respirator at the time of the incident.

On September 25, 2025, an employee climbed an aluminum extension ladder and was on top of the roof of a building She was walking around on the roof, inspecting and evaluating it. She was descending the ladder when the ladder slid to the right and twisted around as she hung onto it. She then fell 10-12 feet to the paved parking lot and the ladder landed on top of her. She sustained a fractured left collarbone, multiple other fractures, and had bruising to the left side of her abdomen.

At about 5:55 p.m. on August 9, 2025, an employee lost his footing while climbing an access ladder to a 12-foot-high spotlight platform. He fell about 9 feet to the ground, breaking eight ribs on the right side.

On August 1, 2025, an employee was preparing to initiate canine training when they were bitten by a dog on the neck and face.

An employee was completing an annual work capacity test. Later that night, the employee experienced severe pain in their left leg and was hospitalized with rhabdomyolysis and compartment syndrome in the lower left leg.

An employee was setting chains to secure a concrete barrier to a front-end loader. The chain became twisted and lost slack. The concrete barricade fell on the employee's left foot, causing a partial amputation to a toe.