Mining Incidents

ARKHOLAMining Incidents in 2017

All MSHA-reportable accidents at ARKHOLA operations in 2017. Fatalities appear first.

Fatalities in 2017
0
Total incidents
1
Year
2017

Top incident classifications

  1. 01HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)1 incident

All incidents in 2017

Struck by falling object

The employee was cleaning out an unused silo that had filled with material. Employee used the handle of the shovel to see if debris blocking the door was movable while standing to the side. The door itself, which is steel & approximately 24"" x 24"" & of a clam-shell design, broke loose from the concrete ceiling. It fell to the ground 7' below, striking employee in the lower leg.

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.