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OSHA Injury Report: Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Phelps Dodge Refining Corporation in 850 Hawkins Blvd, El Paso, TX 79915 resulted in days away from work. Employee was refinery Production Operator I 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 North Stripper

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Machine Operator lifting a titanium starter sheet blank.

What happened

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

Injury or illness

Right shoulder strain.

Object or substance involved

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

Summary line

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

Employee and industry

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

When (timing detail)

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

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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.