American Soda LLC — Accidents

Total: 472 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
09/01/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The #1 Service Hoist tripped power on a ground fault. The hoistman attempted to reset the fault and the motor would not reset. Upon investigation it was found that moisture had entered the ABB Drive m...
08/30/2012 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted A Roof Bolter Operator had a drill steel stuck in the drill chuck and was attempting to pull it out with a chain that was tied off to the centralizer arms. Once the drill steel was in rotating motion...
08/27/2012 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None After cleaning the power card for the #1 Service Hoist, the power card failed after power was reset. Once the power card was replaced the #1 Service Hoist was restored and operational
08/08/2012 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 15d lost, 5d restricted The employee was attempting to free up an adjustment piece on a 48"" pipe wrench. A piece of metal broke off when the pipe wrench was hit with a hammer causing the piece of metal to penetrate the skin...
07/17/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted The employee was palletize 48"" structure. As the employee was lifting the rollers he twisted his right knee and felt a pop.
06/12/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 16d restricted The employee sustained an injury to his right hand while performing the task of changing out a lifting cylinder on the continuous haulage unit. The employee's hand was caught between the lifting cylin...
02/15/2012 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 43d lost, 23d restricted An employee underwent an MRI to determine the nature of the injury associated with his right shoulder. On 2/27 the MRI was reviewed and he was diagnosed with a partial tear to the rotator cuff. He con...
01/19/2012 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted A mine production employee working in 7 Bore Miner panel sustained a sprained ankle when he stepped off the auxiliary fan skid back onto the mine floor. The employee had stepped up onto the skid to r...
01/15/2012 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 60d lost An employee was operating a roof bolter in the 11 East 11 South 3 BMR section, he was extending to place the bolting resin in the hole the mine roof fell and a rock struck the employee on the right sh...
11/13/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted On 11/13 the employee was manually handling belt structure. On 11/14 he stated that his left shoulder was bothering him for some time to the point that he could not raise his arm, perform physical wo...
11/03/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted A crew was working on BF-54 to determine proper bag house operation. The effected employee removed the port hole (inspection hole) on top of SC- 54 to view the screw conveyor and determine if they had...
10/23/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 127d lost While climbing on the back of the roadway to get a rock out of the chute, the employee stepped on one of the wheels on the roadway and fell. He tried to catch himself and sustained a sprained to his l...
09/15/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None There were 13 intersections in the east Longwall bleeder that fell at or above the anchorage zone.
08/17/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 1:00am a hydraulic brake pump tripped power due to a loss of hydraulic fluid. As a result the #1 service hoist was inoperable for a period of time until another hydraulic brake pump was brought on...
08/16/2011 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted An employee walked up into the room and was standing next to the conveyor boom behind the cab of the miner. He was positioned partially under the roof bolts along the right side of the entry. As he...
08/04/2011 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 3:41pm the #1 hydraulic brake pump tripped power due to a loss of hydraulic fluid. As a result, the #1 service hoist was inoperable for a period of time until the #2 hydraulic brake pump was broug...
08/01/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was using a forklift to move a bore miner tooling plate. After having transported the load, he was attempting to reposition the tooling plate so it could be placed on the mine floor when t...
07/18/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 7d lost, 10d restricted Two employees were in the process of closing a raw water block valve to TA-56. As both employees were working together to close the valve, one employee felt pain in his left shoulder. The employee we...
07/05/2011 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A summer student was using a utility knife to cut vinyl siding from a wall. He was standing with the utility knife in his right hand. and his left hand and forearm resting against the side of the wall...
06/20/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 72d lost While carrying wooden planks down a set of stairs, an employee lost her footing and fell on the stairs. As a result, the employee felt pain in the lower portion of her back. She continued to work un...
02/25/2011 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 3d lost, 111d restricted EE sent his co-worker downstairs and cont'd. to vacume alone. The vacume hose came loose and the vacume suction pulled EE's arm into the flex hose.EE was unable to pull the vacume breaker , his co-wor...
02/25/2011 ELECTRICAL DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted A mine electrician sustained burns to his right forearm and right side of his face when he closed a 400 amp breaker and a phase to phase occurred causing an arc flash. The investigation found evidenc...
01/30/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was in the process of donning his respirator when trona fragments entered his right eye. He was taken to the ER and referred to an opthamologist on 1/31/11 who determined he had a slight...
01/25/2011 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 50d restricted An employee was positioned on the 2nd rung of a 4ft ladder applying foam to the outside of a stopping lost her balance and fell. On 2/23 an orthopedic surgeon diagnosed her with having herniated disk...
01/06/2011 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted Two mine employees were in the process of removing a metal cover plate located over a valve bank on a stamler/feeder. While both employees were lifting the cover, one end slipped resulting in the inju...
12/30/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 42d restricted An employee and was reaching with his right hand to clear a rock that was located in the bretby tray. It appears that a rock was propelled from the head gate drum striking the employee in the left han...
10/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 28d lost An employee was changing the injector pump on #11 forklift in the shop. He was utilizing a long handled 1/2"" drive ratchet to turn over the motor on the forklift to align the timing marks. He was s...
10/16/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost The employee was utilizing a rock hammer to tap on a slip-fit packing gland located on a shuttle car tram motor, when a piece of metal broke off the hammer and embedded in the employees chin. The em...
10/04/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 25d lost A production operator sustained burns to his right arm, face and abdomen due to steam being released when opening the top access door on Crystalizer CZ-451. When the employee opened the door steam at...
09/30/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While rotating the dryer to remove a spring, the employee stopped the pipe threader but the dryer kept spinning. The employee went to check to see why it was spinning on its own and the handle of the...
09/26/2010 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 87d restricted While installing the scavenger belt under #2 shaft apron feeder, they were running the conveyor while measuring to fabricate the guards. The employee stepped back and then stepped forward the same ti...
08/27/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 4d restricted The employee was attempting to remove the bolter cable down from the ""J""hooks which were suspended from the roof by a roof bolt plate. As the employee lifted up on the roof bolter cable, the ""S""...
07/20/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None n SOS services temporary contract employee was working on cleaning and re-installing the spray nozzles on a turbo mister unit. While performig this task, the employee lost his balance and his forea...
05/12/2010 ELECTRICAL DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 45d lost, 218d restricted The employee was performing trouble shooting on the electrical ground monitoring system of a 480 volt receptacle located on a 500 KVA transformer. An arc flash occurred and the employee sustained 2nd...
05/11/2010 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was in the process of stripping the outer jacket from a 3 conductor 250 MCM motor feeder cable. He was using a utility knife to cut the outer jacket of the cable to strip it back to perform an e...
04/29/2010 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost A employee had removed the starter from the MCC panel and placed it on a electrical cabinet. The employee was carrying out the task of rewiring the starter. Once completed, the employee was carrying...
04/21/2010 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The trailing cable on the on the #1 man and material cage became caught on a curtain wall panel and was pulled in two. This resulted in loss of power, communication and conveyance of the hoist. One e...
02/27/2010 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 19d lost, 28d restricted An employee and a co-worker were pulling a 3'x4' sheet of metal plate. The employees had placed a chain through two holes in the plate and were dragging the plate across the mine floor. After lettin...
02/27/2010 FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 16d lost, 5d restricted A longwall employee was walking along the shield line when he noticed that the shear had stopped cutting and proceeded to walk along the shear line to assist employees with the rock jam. A rock relea...
02/05/2010 MACHINERY DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 20d restricted Two employees were securing a head roller frame to the mine roof. One of was operating a roof bolter& the other ee was holding the glue resin in the bolt hole. The ee raised the bolt through frame & t...
01/25/2010 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None An excursion of SO2 gas was released from the sulfite scrubber exhaust stack. The SO2 gas carried a distance of 350 feet causing three contractor employees who were assembling a product silo, to the...
01/08/2010 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None A transport line containing liquid sodium bisulfite solution separated at a joint causing a release of SO2 gas. Contractors working in the adjacent area of the S-300 plant were exposed to the SO2 gas...
01/01/2010 MACHINERY DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 142d lost, 66d restricted An employee sustained injuries to both his right and left hands while operating a Fletcher Roof Bolter placing bolt in a corner section. The drill steel became stuck and seperated from the extension...
09/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted The employee was performing repairs on the longwall shear which required him to be on the top of the shear body. While climbing down off of the shear, he stepped down onto the Bretby tray. His right...
09/18/2009 IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST ACCIDENT ONLY None At 6:45 pm on Sept 18th, an ignition of gas occurred at the site of the gob vent bore hole number 2. Upon discovery, the gob vent bore hole pump and engine were taken off line. The incident is still...
09/17/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 5d restricted An employee was operating a shuttle car, while tramming the employee traveled over a bump in the roadway resulting in a jarring motion to the employee's back. On Sept 18th, employee was taken for medi...
09/13/2009 INUNDATION ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximately 5:30 am on September 13th, an event occurred that triggered a release of methane. The areas of most significance were directly behind the shields and tailgate side of the longwall fa...
09/11/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 63d lost, 12d restricted A maintenance employee was re-installing a transmission in a jeep. The transmission was placed on a hydraulic lift jack and as the employee was moving the transmission into position he felt a sharp p...
08/24/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee was pushing a jeep underground at the start of shift and later into the shift his back became sore. Upon further investigation and medical evaluation the injury to the back was deemed to be...
08/19/2009 MACHINERY PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY 50d lost The employee was using a hydraulic metal shear to cut strips of stainless steel metal. He reached around the back side of the shear to grab the metal to slide it into position when the actuating leve...