Mining Incidents

ARKHOLAMining Incidents in 2003

All MSHA-reportable accidents at ARKHOLA operations in 2003. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2003
0
Total incidents
4
Year
2003

Top incident classifications

  1. 01POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  2. 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident
  3. 03HANDLING OF MATERIALS1 incident
  4. 04NO VALUE FOUND1 incident

All incidents in 2003

Caught in, under or between running or meshing objects

EMPLOYEE IS NOW (5/25/04) REPORTING AN INJURY THAT HAPPENED ON 11/19/03. HE ORIGINALLY SAID A COW STEPPED ON HIS HAND AND CLAIMED IT ON HIS INSURANCE. HE QUIT 5/13/04 AND HAS AN ATTORNEY. HE NOW CLAIMS HE GOT HIS HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN A ROLLER AND CONVEYOR SKIRT.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS HOLDING A SCREEN WEDGE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AND TRYING TO GET IT STARTED BY HITTING IT WITH A HAMMER. HE MISSED THE WEDGE AND HIT HIS FINGER.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS CHANGING OUT HEAVY ROLLERS ON A CONVEYOR WHEN HE TWISTED HIS RIGHT WRIST.

Contact with electrical current

EE WAS HOOKING CHAIN HANGING FROM CONTRACTOR CRANE BOOM WHEN CRANE CAME INTO CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL POWER LINES CAUSING HIM TO RECIEVED A SHOCK.

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.