letting the condenser door down on a copco t45 drill. the employee felt a sharp pain in EE's right shoulder blade. told management EE wanted to see how it feels after the weekend. on 3/24/25 monday still the same management had employee go to er. still going through test and MRI today 3/28/2025.
ARKHOLAMining Incidents in 2025
All MSHA-reportable accidents at ARKHOLA operations in 2025. Fatalities appear first.
- Fatalities in 2025
- 0
- Total incidents
- 11
- Year
- 2025
Top incident classifications
- 01HANDLING OF MATERIALS3 incidents
- 02HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)2 incidents
- 03POWERED HAULAGE2 incidents
- 04DISORDERS (PHYSICAL AGENTS)2 incidents
- 05MACHINERY1 incident
All incidents in 2025
Two employees were performing maintenance on a conveyor belt. One employee was on top of the conveyor removing a flexco while the other began drilling a punch hole. During this process, the drill made contact with the first employee, causing a laceration to their right middle finger.
stemming holes, was struck in the side, fell to the ground
Employee was using a wrench to loosen a screen bolt. Pulled muscle in lower back resulting in restricted duty.
Employee was assisting in changing out a screen. While pulling on the screen to slide it up, they felt a small pop in right shoulder. Diagnosed with shoulder strain and placed on restricted duty of no push/pull greater than 5lbs and no overhead work.
Employee was swinging a hammer to take out the ball joints on a 772 when EE's left hand popped causing pain.
Operating a front-end wheel Cat 980M loader with a load ½ in chips hit a rut with the front wheels and bounced up in the seat and hit their ribs on the arm rest on the right side.
Employee was dismounting a ladder. As they descended, they missed the 2nd step catching themselves with their right wrist.
Employee was driving through the yard in a service truck. They struck a concrete block, resulting in a laceration below the right eyebrow.
Employee felt over heated, took a break in the AC room, was drinking water with electrolytes, 40 minutes later EE stated EE felt better and returned to working on the plant later ended EE's shift and left work at 9 pm. While travelling home EE stated that EE's hands and feet began to draw up and cramping and went to the ER.