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Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc operator

Controlled by Freeport-McMoRan Inc
MSHA operator ID: L17250

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Fatalities
2
Total incidents
678
Mines on record
2
Years on record
2000–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
1,875
citations
407
significant & substantial
$1,396,632
proposed penalties
$1,265,548
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
6
2025
29
2024
27
2023
41
2022
39
2021
35
2020
38
2019
34
2018
41
2017
28
2016
25
2015
19
2014
6
2013
37 (1f)
2012
21
2011
26
2010
12
2009
9
2008
40
2007
42
2006
39
2005
24
2004
21
2003
8
2002
11
2001
10 (1f)
2000
10

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

2 recorded
April 4, 2013 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc · Struck by falling object

The crew was attempting to align a section of pipe, which is 40 feet long, when the 2 pipes disconnected and 1 end of the pipe that the crew was trying to install slipped out of the joint and struck the employee. An excavator was being used to position a 36" pipe diameter by 40' long section pipe to connect it to another section of pipe.

October 3, 2001 AZ · Metal/Non-Metal backhoe operator, trackhoe operator, crane operator Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE
Freeport-McMoRan Bagdad Inc · Struck against a moving object

EMPLOYEE WAS KILLED WHILE OPERATING MACK LOWBOY ON MINE ACCESS ROAD, ON GOING INVESTIGATION.