Mining Incidents

ARKHOLAMining Incidents in 2000

All MSHA-reportable accidents at ARKHOLA operations in 2000. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2000
0
Total incidents
5
Year
2000

Top incident classifications

  1. 01SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON2 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03MACHINERY1 incident

All incidents in 2000

Fall from machine

EE WAS STANDING ON RADIAL STACKER CONVEYOR. HE PULLED ON WINCH CABLE AND SLIPPED AND FELL.

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PREPARING TO DO MAINTENANCE ON JAW CRUSHER AND GOT ARM CAUGHT BETWEEN BELT AND SHEAVE WHEN COUNTERWEIGHT SHIFTED UNEXPECTEDLY.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

EE WAS REMOVING SCREEN CLOTH FROM SIMFUICID SCREEN. HE BEAT OVER AND PULLED UP ON SCREEN, STRAINING BACK MUSCLE.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING THE WELDER SLIDE A PIECE OF STEEL IN PLACE AND FELT A POP IN HIS GROIN AREA. HE WAS NOT LIFTING IMPROPERLY OR STRAINING.

Fall from ladders

EE WAS STANDING ON A LADDER WORKING ON A 988 CAT LOADER. A FOOT OF THE LADDER SANK IN THE SAND AND CAUSED THE LADDER TO LEAN. THE EE SLIPPED AND LOST HIS BALANCE, SLID DOWN THE LADDER AND CUT HIS CHIN.

Other years on record

Source: US Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident records, kept current weekly. Operator identity is MSHA's operator_id on the accident record; records are scoped to ARKHOLA's numeric MSHA operator ID.