American Soda LLC — Accidents

Total: 472 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
07/18/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted An employee was walking and stepped on a rock and rolled right ankle but continued working through the shift. Medical treatment was sought and an MRI was obtained on July 20th which determined that th...
07/18/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None July 18, our #1 shaft Service hoist went down at over temp approx. 6:00PM. The AC units in the control room had clogged filters. We cleaned the filters, were able to cool down the control room and the...
06/21/2021 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 78d lost Engineer was climbing the steps on a locomotive when hips and back began to hurt. Later claimed to have numbness in hands and legs.
06/08/2021 STRIKING OR BUMPING DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted Employee struck head on a roof support cable bolt. The suspension in EE's hard hat broke and EE received a laceration, to the scalp, likely from the rivet for the suspension.
06/07/2021 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine experienced greater than 1% methane at the top of the exhaust shaft. This was due to methane liberation within the longwall section while mining through a cross cut and the top not caving as...
05/05/2021 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Track laborer was using a track wrench on a joint bar bolt. EE slipped and twisted left ankle.
01/12/2021 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None During a general hoist inspection On January 12, 2021, 2 broken wires in a single strand were identified on the head rope for the #1 service hoist. Two broken wires in a strand meets retirement criter...
12/28/2020 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None A failure occurred in the tail rope system for the ore skips on the #2 friction hoist. It's suspected that a swivel bound, allowing the tail rope to unwind/part, creating a failure point on the rope a...
09/09/2020 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None This is being submitted at MSHA's insistence to terminate Citation No 9475521. A Sept storm caused an overflow of the Total Containment Pond, resulting in water-trona solution to spill into the desert...
07/24/2020 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was adjusting fly ash system when a piece of material blew into EE's eye. EE was checked by a physician and received a prescription antibiotic ointment for precautionary purposes. This injury...
06/28/2020 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing a monkey face with a hilti drill and pinched EE's finger between the roof and the monkey face causing a laceration that required sutures to close.
04/13/2020 POWERED HAULAGE DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 109d lost, 21d restricted Employee was getting on the manlift. EE's foot got caught/snagged on the landing floor as EE was stepping while the lift lowered. As EE was shutting down the lift, EE's knee twisted. As a result, EE i...
01/31/2020 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 94d lost A bore miner was parked in an area under roof support to replace a shear pin. The roof was checked visually and appeared to be in good condition. A 5""x10""x1-3"" thick piece of the roof, in front of...
12/27/2019 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None The mine had elevated levels of methane which called for an evacuation. MSHA 800 number was called out of courtesy even though it was not required under part 50. Because of the call we are submitting...
10/23/2019 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES 1d lost Employee was onsite doing drilling and suffered a nonfatal heart attack. Medical treatment was started and employee was transported to the hospital.
10/09/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 36d restricted Employee was installing roof bolts. The steel plugged, the employee struck the steel with the drill wrench. Upon striking the steel, the socket end of the wrench broke causing the socket to ricochet o...
10/08/2019 DISORDERS (REPEATED TRAUMA) OCCUPATNAL ILLNESS NOT DEG 1-6 27d lost Employee notified management about soreness in elbow in March, EE is a surface mechanic and continued to work until September when EE notified us that the elbow was sore following work on a screw conv...
09/18/2019 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None #1 Service Hoist experienced a fault on a motor used to cool the main hoist motor. This was a result of a faulty contactor. The hoist was not in operation at the time and did not affect mine personnel...
07/27/2019 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Team member was lining a rail switch when team member felt a pop in left chest/rib area. Team member continued to work and finished shift. On 8/5/2019 team member went to a doctor where xrays were per...
05/13/2019 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None #1 Bore Miner mined into a small void of gas and water. With immediate ventilation changes, gasses were dispelled and the mining process proceeded within 15 minutes. The MSHA hotline was notified due...
01/30/2019 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While hanging bolter cable, a piece of shale dislodged and hit the employee
01/09/2019 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 39d restricted A mechanic's hand was injured by a fan sheave and pinched by the V-belt mechanism resulting in a laceration and a fracture of the hand.
12/21/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted An employee was struck by a shard of metal while replacing the bits on the bore miner.
10/25/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was attempting to unroll a tape wrap on an extension cord bundle. The employee removed gloves to unroll the tape. After failing to unroll the tape the employee pulled out personal pocket kn...
10/24/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None NAIS crew was hydroblast cleaning the inside of tank. EE wanted to shotgun a different area of the tank but there was a slab of material approx. 30-40 lbs where EE wanted to stand. EE tried to pick up...
10/23/2018 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None During routine maintenance on longwall equipment, a methane release was detected by monitoring equipment. Area was immediately evacuated and ventilation controls were adjusted to dilute the liberated...
09/24/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The injured person was using pliers to pull zip ties to secure electrical wiring. The pliers slipped off the zip tie and hit the employee in the mouth breaking a tooth and chipping another tooth. The...
09/11/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted A piece of a cone shaped plate was being lifted into place. The plate started to tip over and the supervisor said to let it fall because it was still attached to the chain fall. While the supervisor w...
07/18/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mine crew was welding sections of Drisco pipe together for use by Mine Tailings. In the process of aligning two sections of pipe in the welding machine assembly, the employee's hand was pinched betw...
07/05/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Team member received a papercut to their right index finger on 7-5-18. Washed the cut out with soap and water and put latex glove over it. 7-12-18 Team member went to dr for antibiotics for infection...
04/21/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted A mine production ee was changing miner bits. During the removal process a bit became stuck and as the ee pulled addition force to free the bit, the bit wrench slipped causing the bit wrench handle to...
04/06/2018 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 24d restricted Employee was hauling a load of roof bolts and resin to a production panel. The bolting resin stack had worked out of position in transit. The employee attempted to manually re-adjust the bolting resin...
03/15/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Worker was repairing a conveyor belt. The worker was cutting the belt close to an area where there was a mechanical splice in the belt. The knife blade caught on the mechanical splice, the worker lost...
02/09/2018 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted A Mine Production crew was repositioning trim chain onto a sprocket, trying to rotate it by striking it with a hammer, so employee was kneeling in front. A fragment of metal separated from the sprocke...
01/31/2018 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted EE was walking between the A track and Runner switch at the Landing at Solvay when EE slipped on a piece of ice falling on buttocks. EE felt a pain in lower neck/mid back area and a tingling in left h...
11/21/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee using a metal hammer, connecting a pin into the links on a conveyor chain sustained a puncture wound that was caused by a piece of metal that had come from the pin as it was struck by the...
11/12/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Mine employee was positioning a relay bar being installed on the longwall set-up face and supported by a come along (chain style). While positioning the relay bar, the come along chain broke and str...
11/08/2017 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Incorrect components in the VF Drive led to overheating of a transformer and a normally open contractor. Overheating of contractor led to the welding of the internal contacts, resulting in abnormal c...
10/12/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 58d lost A hoist mechanic removing a check valve nut using a 4lb hammer and a pin hammer, when ee felt a pull in arm. The employee was treated on site, before being taken to the local hospital, and was release...
09/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was setting up the first piece of decking on a new overcast. As the crew set the side walls, the first piece of decking rotated and struck the employee. Their left little finger was pinche...
07/18/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A Mine Maintenance employee, that was wearing cut resistant gloves, was repositioning a sprocket the employee was welding. In the process of moving the part, finger was pinched between the sprocket an...
07/15/2017 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL ACCIDENT ONLY None Portion of the side wall (rib) had fallen due to water erosion by a nearby sump impairing two stoppings at the bottom of shaft #3. In order to effect repairs in this area, power and ventilation were s...
06/23/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee received a laceration while tightening a bolt with a hammer wrench that slipped, pinching employee's finger between the wrench and breather pipe cap. The employee was treated on site befor...
06/12/2017 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None After receiving the results of a non-destructive rope test, in which, the tail rope on the service cage exceeded retirement criteria, the rope had strength loss of greater than 10%, the #1 shaft servi...
05/18/2017 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Individual was tightening a T hand on an iron hand attached to a forklift with a wrench. The wrench slipped causing the individual to strike hand on the forklift causing a laceration.
05/01/2017 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 58d restricted While removing a valve, a mechanic accidentally bumped a 24 inch pry bar, which fell through a grating opening, striking the pipe below, then falling at an angle, striking an employee working approxim...
04/27/2017 OTHER INJURIES DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES None An employee returned to the Steamplant Control Room to collect paperwork for employee's next job task. The employee went to the kitchen area to get a drink where employee collapsed. Aid was rendered i...
03/23/2017 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 10d lost A roof bolt operator fell, striking head, resulting in a laceration.
02/23/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 285d lost Employee was cleaning snow out of A switch in the Solvay landing rail yard & stepped in between the bridle rod and felt knee hyperextend and immediately felt swelling. Employee informed supervisor of...
01/20/2017 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 8d restricted Removing a table and vice from a drill platform. Removing the top T bolt and was starting to remove the bottom T bolt, when the vice rotated and pinched the employee's finger between the vice and the...