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Violation Tracker Individual Record

Company: Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc.
Current Parent Company: Freeport-McMoRan
Penalty: $70,000
Year: 2011
Date: November 3, 2011
Offense Group: safety-related offenses
Primary Offense: workplace safety or health violation
Secondary Offense: mining violation
Violation Description: The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced today that the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission has upheld two civil penalties issued to Freeport-McMoran Morenci Inc. in Greenlee County, Ariz., in the Sept. 1, 2008, death of a miner. Raymond Saldana, a 67-year-old contractor consultant, had been working on a belt replacement project at the surface copper mine's Number 6 bedding plant when he fell nearly 30 feet to his death through an opening on an elevated walkway. The 4-by-5-foot hole, created by the removal of two steel gratings, was marked off only by a 3.5-inch-wide yellow caution tape affixed to one side of the opening.
Level of Government: federal
Action Type: agency action
Agency: Mine Safety and Health Administration
Civil or Criminal Case: civil
Facility State: Arizona
HQ Country of Current Parent: USA
HQ State of Current Parent: Arizona
Ownership Structure of Current Parent: publicly traded
Major Industry of Current Parent: mining and minerals
Specific Industry of Current Parent: mining
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