American Soda LLC — Accidents

Total: 472 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/19/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The separation of the rib/arch struck the employee
11/04/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None While lifting the longwall crusher into the cage using the overhead crane, the crane faulted. Had to get equipment to replace the fuse to continue loading and hoisting the crusher.
09/30/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was conducting an inspection of the burner in DR-8, Argo Kiln. The employee was wearing a Tyvek dust suit, N95 dust mask, gloves, a hard hat, and safety glasses. As they were exiting the...
07/06/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 90d lost, 3d restricted Employee activated the spring return on the lubrication hoses and became tangled in the hose and fell.
04/07/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 105d lost An employee was standing on a 17 inch two step working platform performing maintenance work. As EE applied force to the box end wrench, the wrench slipped causing EE to lose balance and fall. In fal...
04/04/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The employee was climbing down a scaffold ladder. Employee was tied off to an overhead SRL while descending a ladder. Their personal srl got caught on the scaffold gate. While descending the ladder, t...
03/29/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 20d restricted A Mine Production employee was in the process of bolting at 8 BMR. Employee noticed a bad top in the entry and exited the cab of the bolter to bar down the hazard. As employee barred down, the arch...
03/28/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Mine Production employee was operating bolter drilling a 14 foot drill hole when the steel became stuck. EE placed EE's left hand on the drill steel to apply outward force to free the steel and reac...
03/15/2025 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The underground Utility Crew was taking structure down from a panel. As they were bringing in the forklift EE noticed a rail was close to the forklift tire and was going to run over it. EE bent dow...
02/11/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 26d lost, 10d restricted On February 11, 2025, a mine maintenance employee was performing routine maintenance on a borer miner. While stepping onto the bore miner rotor bit block, EE's foot slipped, resulting in a fall and a...
12/31/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 47d restricted An employee was standing on the FCT ramp for a belt move and slipped on the fines. Once the employee slipped on the fines, they felt pain in right knee. MRI was completed 1/27/2025 and was determined...
11/22/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While changing bits on a boar miner the bit wrench slipped smashing their left thumb between it and the tooling plate requiring four sutures.
11/12/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 61d lost Employee was lifting a heavy drill into place when they felt a pull in their lower stomach and groin. The employee was evaluated by a physician and diagnosed with an inguinal hernia. Employee is sched...
10/28/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was removing a cable spool when the cable spool above it fell striking EE in the left arm, fracturing the ulna bone.
08/29/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Experienced a skip loading issue on #1 production hoist. This resulted in muck (ore) being dropped in the shaft and subsequently damaging a lower deck and catwalk. This material then proceeded to tran...
08/28/2024 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost The CZ-3 level indicator was incorrect and was blocked and salt-encrusted. Valves were opened during attempts to flush the sight glass with condensate, the sight glass ruptured. The employee was spray...
08/14/2024 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Helped a forklift operator position a 6"" wide/300 lb. flange I-beam onto a steel rack, placing theirleft hand underneath the I-beam and pushed with right hand while the forklift operator withdrew the...
07/20/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee working overtime was manually carrying a 6-foot-wide bottom belt roller, weighing approximately 70-80 lbs., on EE's shoulder. Upon reaching EE's destination, EE began to set the belt roller d...
05/01/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 90d lost Installing 14 roof bolts in the 2W Mains, employee experienced pain in shoulder as they lifted the cable bolt to insert it into the roof bolter chuck. EE is advised to rest it on days off, re-evaluate...
04/17/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was assisting in putting a piece of culvert back into place on BC-57. The cover was lifted over the handrail, set on the deck and then lifted to move into place. The employee positioned self...
04/10/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mine production crew pulling excess miner cable back to the power center had an employee watching the cable being pulled so they could stop them when the new cut location was reached. When finished,...
03/06/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was preparing a maintenance kitting pallet and moving material on top of the bottom pallet to stack another pallet on top. Positioning self in a manner to obtain proper leverage to slide a cr...
01/04/2024 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were pulling a feed side conveyor chain into place with a chain fall hoist, the hook shaft broke and pulled out of the knuckle ring assembly. When this occurred, the employee was struck in t...
12/09/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted While two employees were attempting to move an angle iron brace one of the workers had picked it up but dropped because they lost their grip before the second employee could grab it. This caused the a...
12/08/2023 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was grinding on some metal and claimed a foreign body from material, flew past employee's face shield and safety glasses entering the left eye.
09/29/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 151d lost At approximately 9:25 am on Friday the 29th of September 2023 while conducting media loading activities on the Heat Recovery Chamber-6A, at the Vulcan Project site, the employee forced between the pal...
09/15/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 67d lost Exiting feet first from a boiler EE had been working on, through an opening at the traveling grates, EE's feet were not on the outer ledge, so EE slid off the traveling grates, through an opening betw...
08/27/2023 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None On August 27th at 10:10 P.M. the #1 service cage tripped electrically. The cage did not get back up and running till 12:10 A.M. on August 28th.
07/21/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 79d lost Employee secured a section of the miner cable with both hands and proceeded to lift the cable upwards to place on the cable hook, then felt a pop in their right shoulder and sharp pain causing them to...
05/15/2023 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was working on a roof replacing metal roofing. EE got to the end of the SRL and it pulled EE back. Causing EE to trip. EE tried to catch self with left arm.
03/30/2023 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted Attempting to line up the pan line, an employee stepped up on a relay bar and placed hand on top of the spill plate to get a better view. As EE was looking towards the headgate, a large rock slid down...
01/06/2023 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted Using a battery-powered chainsaw to cut out foam stopping. Cutting upward so EE placed hand underneath and when EE did this, left ring finger entered the clean-out area of the chainsaw, resulting in...
12/07/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was working on un-salting a production line. EE was bleeding steam off the line, isolating the steam, taking the hose off to drain and open the line. In doing so, EE turned and hit EE's head,...
11/15/2022 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost An employee was walking down the underflow tunnel of TA-110 when their hard hat struck a light fixture.
10/28/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None Notified of a smoldering coal pile in the coal storage building. Shift Supervisor and Foreman secured the area, smoldering coal was extinguished and monitored for the rest of the shift.
10/23/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost Employee was attempting to clear the suction of an underflow pump that had plugged. The plug cleared and then they slipped while exiting the area and fell to their knees in the hot liquor on the groun...
10/21/2022 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was emptying the S-300 hopper in the grits pile when a wind gust blew dust into EE's face and right eye. EE's eye was still irritated the next day and EE was taken to seek medical attention f...
10/06/2022 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 126d lost Employee rolled up area rug weighs 26 pounds in prep of mopping floor. When placing rug onto a cart, experienced pain in the L arm from shoulder to elbow. MRI's on shoulder and elbow show chronic deg...
09/08/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 40d lost, 32d restricted Employee received surgery 11/10 for torn rotator cuff after a couple months of pain that was not improving. MRI revealed full thickness perforation of supraspinatus tendon and concomital tear; supra-...
08/01/2022 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was walking down a flight of stairs on Cooling Tower 3 (CT-3). While descending the stairs, utilizing the handrail, EE stumbled, and caught self in a twisting motion, while applying weight t...
06/01/2022 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None A field operator noted a fire on CE-15. All soda ash employees helped to extinguish the fire. The fire was extinguished at 2:25am. No one was injured, only equipment damage occurred.
05/25/2022 STRIKING OR BUMPING NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was confirming that a valve was shut, requiring EE to duck under a set of pipes. EE ducked back under the set of pipes to leave the area, walking bent over, EE struck the back of head/neck...
05/24/2022 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None On May 24, 2022, a fall of ground was reported in the 2 South 3 East return entry at 18xc. The unplanned roof fall was above the anchorage zone in an ""inactive area"" where roof bolts were utilized.
02/24/2022 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted A surface mechanic suffered a laceration to left middle finger, while picking up a volute liner which had a sharp edge, cutting through EE's gloves, requiring three sutures.
11/22/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 75d lost Cleaning the kitchen floor with a mop and bucket, some of the soapy water had slushed out of the bucket. As EE was mopping the floor, EE slipped and fell on left side and shoulder.
10/18/2021 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 48d lost, 45d restricted The miner operator stopped mining, swung the tail toward the right rib and exited the cab. It is unclear why EE exited the cab of the miner. EE was a couple feet from the operator's compartment when t...
09/30/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 81d lost Performing an inspection inside of a tank, coming out of the tank from the side opening, feet first and had pressure to EE's biceps pulling self through the opening, lost grip with EE's right hand, us...
08/13/2021 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An EE was jack hammering the Debris when it broke free. IE's hand was on the stack wall when the debris impacted EE's fingers
08/11/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Removed a counter weight guide rail on a bucket elevator to work on a bearing behind it and when re-installing it, the lower portion slid off of the base and started to fall downward. As it fell, the...
07/25/2021 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Assisting with a horizontal pressure leaf filter, being filled with hot water, in preparation for an acid wash, on the deck to confirm when the filter was full. The carriage bolt assembly that holds t...