Mining Incidents

ARKHOLAMining Incidents in 2007

All MSHA-reportable accidents at ARKHOLA operations in 2007. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2007
0
Total incidents
8
Year
2007

Top incident classifications

  1. 01MACHINERY3 incidents
  2. 02HANDLING OF MATERIALS2 incidents
  3. 03POWERED HAULAGE1 incident
  4. 04SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON1 incident
  5. 05HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2007

Struck against a moving object

Employee received minor lower back strain when his truck bed of end-dump collided with conveyor belt brace.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was shoveling out a conveyor pit. Employee got a lumbar strain from bending and twisting. This employee works for a temporary agency by the name of CFSI.

Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Employee was helping to change screens. He stepped off onto a slope and sprained his knee.

Struck by flying object

Employee was wearing eye protection while welding and grinding. At some point during the day metal dust fell into employee's eye in which he began to rub it due to irritation causing metal to imbed. Employee was taken to medical clinic to have metal removed from eye. He returned to work that same day without restrictions.

Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

Using a 2 lbs hammer hitting a chisel to remove a pin on a master lock on tracks for dozer. Metal object entered left upper leg.

Over-exertion in lifting objects

Reaching out over the side of a pick-up bed to pick up material (bench seat).

Struck against stationary object

Employee was tightening bolts on a screen bearing and cut his right index finger on a wire holding the socket on a 1"" impact wrench.

Flash burns (welding)

Employee was in the vacinity of a welding operation and obtained flashburn to eyes, in which the employee was treated and released w/ perscription medication. No restrictive duty that affect normal job routine.

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.