• | Section 104 S&S Citations: Citations issued by MSHA under Section 104(a) of the Mine Act for violations of health or safety standards that could significantly and substantially contribute to a serious injury if left unabated. |
• | Section 104(b) Orders: Orders issued under Section 104(b) of the Mine Act, which represent a failure to abate a citation under Section 104(a) within the period prescribed by MSHA. This results in an order of immediate withdrawal from the area of the mine affected by the condition until MSHA determines that the violation has been abated. |
• | Section 104(d) Citations and Orders: Citations and orders issued by MSHA under Section 104(d) of the Mine Act for unwarrantable failure to comply with mandatory health or safety standards. These types of violations could significantly and substantially contribute to a serious injury; however, the conditions do not cause imminent danger (refer to discussion of imminent danger orders below). |
• | Section 110(b)(2) Violations: Flagrant violations identified by MSHA under Section 110(b)(2) of the Mine Act. The term flagrant with respect to a violation is defined as “a reckless or repeated failure to make reasonable efforts to eliminate a known violation of a mandatory health or safety standard that substantially and proximately caused, or reasonably could have expected to cause, death or serious bodily injury.” |
• | Section 107(a) Orders: Orders issued by MSHA under Section 107(a) of the Mine Act for situations in which MSHA determined an imminent danger existed. Orders issued under Section 107(a) of the Mine Act require the operator of the mine to cause all persons (except authorized persons) to be withdrawn from the mine until the imminent danger and the conditions that caused such imminent danger cease to exist. |
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104 S&S | 104(b) | Citations | 110(b)(2) | 107(a) | Proposed | Related | Section | Section | |||||||||||||||||||
Citations | Orders | and Orders | Violations | Orders | Assessments(2) | Fatalities | 104(e) | 104(e) | |||||||||||||||||||
Mine ID(1) | Mine or Operation Name | (#) | (#) | (#) | (#) | (#) | ($) | (#) | (yes/no) | (yes/no) | |||||||||||||||||
0200137 | Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc. (Bagdad) | — | — | — | — | — | 1,221 | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
2900708 | Freeport-McMoRan Chino Mines Company (Chino) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 6,029 | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0200112 | Freeport-McMoRan Miami Inc (Miami) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2,273 | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0200024 | Freeport-McMoRan Morenci Inc (Morenci) | 21 | — | — | — | — | 182,908 | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0203131 | Freeport-McMoRan Safford Inc (Safford) | — | — | — | — | — | 129 | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0200144 | Freeport-McMoRan Sierrita Inc (Sierrita) | 3 | — | — | — | — | 55,850 | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
2900159 | Tyrone Mine (Tyrone) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0500790 | Henderson Operations (Henderson) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2,609 | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0502256 | Climax Mine (Climax) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
Freeport-McMoRan Cobre Mining Company: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2900725 | Open Pit & Continental Surf Comp | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
2900731 | Continental Mill Complex | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0201656 | Copper Queen Branch | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0202579 | Cyprus Tohono Corporation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0203262 | Twin Buttes Mine | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
2902395 | Chieftain 2100 Screening Plant | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
0203254 | Warrior 1800 Screening Plant | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | No | No | |||||||||||||||||
(1) | MSHA assigns an identification number to each mine or operation and may or may not assign separate identification numbers to related facilities. |
(2) | Amounts represent the total dollar value of proposed assessments received on or before April 30, 2019, for citations or orders issued by MSHA during the three months ended March 31, 2019. FCX is currently contesting approximately $80 thousand of these proposed assessments. |