Copper smelting and refining, primary · Arizona

Freeport McMoRan Inc.

Phoenix, AZ · ~775 workers · 3 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

B
Good Safety Record
2.1
Avg TCR
3.3
Industry avg
0
Fatalities
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The verdict

Freeport McMoRan Inc. runs at 64% of its industry's injury rate - safer than the typical Copper smelting and refining, primary workplace, earning a grade B.

Freeport McMoRan Inc.: 2.1 TCR = 64% of Copper smelting and refining, primary BLS 3.3 · 3y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Freeport McMoRan Inc. safety composite

Freeport McMoRan Inc. scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 72% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 51%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

C

61/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR)
C 2.12 per 100 workers

Safer than 72% of industry peers

DART rate
C 1.55 per 100 workers

Safer than 55% of industry peers

Fatalities
D 0

Safer than 51% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Freeport McMoRan Inc.: 1.3 → 2.5 TCR

Peak year 2022 @ 2.6 TCR · DART/TCR 0.73× in 2023

Freeport McMoRan Inc.'s TCR rose 1.3 from 1.3 in 2021 to 2.5 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2022 at 2.6 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0.73× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 331410 · Phoenix, AZ AT/BELOW-IND · MID

Grade B · TCR 2.1 · 64% of ind

  • DART 1.6 DART
  • RANK P72
  • PHOTO Florence Recycling C…
  • BOOK 3y book
  • INJ 49 inj
  • SIZE ~775 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Florence Recycling Center (0.0 TCR gap)

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Freeport McMoRan Inc. in the TCR neighbourhood

Average Total Case Rate among this establishment and nearest same-industry peers

TCR

What this shows Freeport McMoRan Inc. averages 2.1 TCR (64% of the Copper smelting and refining, primary BLS benchmark).

Source U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA Injury Tracking Application (Form 300A) As of 2026-08-25

Freeport McMoRan Inc. TCR series: 2021=1.3 · 2022=2.6 · 2023=2.5 · BLS 3.3

Where Freeport McMoRan Inc. falls in its industry

57 Copper smelting and refining, establishments

Safer than 72% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 3.6.

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers
Freeport McMoRan Inc. (775 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.6 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 30 entities by Average employees (X) and Total Case Rate (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. Larger & higher-riskSmaller & higher-riskLarger & saferSmaller & safer than peers 02004006008001,000 051015 Average employees Total Case Rate Freeport McMoRan Inc.
Freeport McMoRan Inc. (775 employees, TCR 2.1) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 102 employees and a TCR of 3.6

Freeport McMoRan Inc. has more employees than the Copper smelting and refining, primary median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 3.6. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year TCR DART Injuries Illnesses Fatalities
2023 2.5 1.6 19 9 0
2022 2.6 2.1 17 4 0
2021 1.3 1.1 13 1 0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

331410 · AZ · Phoenix

57 Copper smelting and refining, primary employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 9,594 rated employers in Arizona with headcount on file · 2,630 employers in Phoenix, AZ · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel Establishment Metric
NAICS-TCR Florence Recycling Center 2.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Zinc Millington Plant 2.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR US Magnesium LLC 2.3 TCR
NAICS-TCR Precious Metals Smelter 2.4 TCR
STATE-SIZE Dexcom, Inc Mesa, AZ 776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Avnet Corporate USFR 774 FTE
STATE-SIZE Centennial Hall 776 FTE
STATE-SIZE Bed Rock Inc 770 FTE
CITY-NEAR Maricopa County 15,504 FTE
CITY-NEAR Phoenix Children's Hospital 7,575 FTE
CITY-NEAR All Company 6,261 FTE
CITY-NEAR 6403-64030500 6,153 FTE
NAT-TCR Kuehne + Nagel Inc. (LRD-6354) 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Nidec CHS 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Cousin Corporation of America 2.1 TCR
NAT-TCR Big Lots Store #1969 Ashtabula, OH 2.1 TCR
NAT-SIZE AstraZeneca Frederick Manufacturing Center 775 FTE
NAT-SIZE Syngenta Greensboro 775 FTE
NAT-SIZE US Adient, LLC Clanton 775 FTE
NAT-SIZE Frontier Airlines - Las Vegas Base 775 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2022, 2021. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.