American Soda LLC — Accidents

Total: 472 accidents | Fatalities: 0

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
08/06/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 145d lost, 1d restricted An employee was repairing brakes calipers on a jeep. He was attempting to remove old allen head bolts with an allen socket and wrench. The wrench slipped out of position and the employee's elbow struc...
08/03/2009 OTHER DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 24d lost, 8d restricted Employee was walking up a flight of stairs when he felt a pop in his left knee.
07/20/2009 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 2d restricted While an electician was working on a limit switch on a filter and he went to retrieve parts. An operator filled the filter with hot water to flush the filter system out. When the electrician returned...
07/05/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was lowering the boom to remove a bolting chuck that had been left in the bolter. As he did the suction hose caught the end of a bolting steel which was left on the canopy causing the st...
07/03/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 40d restricted The employee was beating on a railcar gate to get it closed to stop it from leaking. The car mover was hooked up to the car on the scale and while he was pounding the gate, the car began to move and...
06/24/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 12d restricted The employee was trying to replace a shear. In order to replace the pin, the broken pin needed to be removed from the clevis with a relay bar. The clevis pushed back, pinching the employee's right t...
06/13/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost An employee sustained fractures to the little and ring finger on his right hand, when the hand was pinched between a rib roller and the protective cage on the miner. He was attempting to reposition t...
04/21/2009 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 36d lost A mechanic was replacing the pump casing on PU 56 F pump when the casing fell striking the employee on the lower portion of his right leg. On 5-6-09 an orthopedic doctor recommended surgery. A second...
03/23/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 65d lost While the employee was changing a trapping shoe on the shear with a hammer, he felt pain in his left shoulder. He has been seeking medical attention off and on since the injury. It was determined to...
03/12/2009 POWERED HAULAGE PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None An employee was working at the Soda Ash Product Load out area. While uncoupling the loaded car to spot the empty car the employee fell on the tracks. He was moving to get off the tracks when his foot...
02/27/2009 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 25d restricted Two mantrips were following each other heading to the shaft when the operator of one jeep bumped into the rear bumper of the jeep being followed. The incident was investigated and the operator was una...
02/24/2009 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee cut his left hand below the thumb while cutting a hole in some belting material with a utility knife. This required seven sutures and a full work release.
01/08/2009 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was operating a roof bolter when he felt something enter his right eye. The employee flushed his eye and later his eye become irritated & he sought medical attention. He had a piece of t...
01/05/2009 EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None On January 5, 2009 at 11:45 AM a surface production employee was struck by glass shrapnel when a sight glass burst while sitting on a table. The employee was given a full release to return to work an...
12/18/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 74d lost An employee was struck by a rock which dislodged from the mine roof. Ventilation tubing was needing to be extended and the employee stepped up to the miner to retrieve a drill so a spad hole could be...
11/30/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While unloading pipe, the employee lost his footing causing the pipe to move, smashing both hands in-between two pieces of schedule 120 pipe. The employee sustained two fractured finger tips on his l...
10/10/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 20d lost Two employees were cleaning up some solidified sulfur off the floor. The employee stepped onto a bridge of solid sulfur that had formed over a pool of molten sulfur. The employee's right foot was s...
10/09/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 1d restricted While EE was riding in a jeep he felt something enter his left eye. EE flushed his eye out immediately & continued to perform his daily activities. At 11 am EE was taken to an optometrist. He found a...
09/29/2008 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 11d restricted On September 29th an employee was operating a roof bolter in 2 Bore Miner, when a piece of trona separated from the roof and fell, striking the overhead canopy. The piece of trona fractured into smal...
09/07/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 65d restricted The employee was looking at a valve in the transporter building when the valve opened causing dust to blow out. He turned away and slipped on some product that was on the floor causing him to fall....
08/25/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 10d restricted The employees were pulling miner cable outby with the 913 loader hooked to a wire rope cable that went through a pulley that was chained to a bolt. The chain broke and the cable struck the employee i...
08/15/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Installing a pie shaped piece of 1/4"" plate in the duct work on the CA-2 calciner discharge. The plate hung up and while manipulating the 1/4"" plate, employee fell down the incline plane and fell in...
08/07/2008 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At approx. 11:20AM, materials were being hoisted to the surface utilizing the number one service hoist. At a distance of approximately 500ft up from the bottom landing, the ropes began to slip on the...
07/30/2008 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None An employee was inspecting the #2 boiler as part of a confined space entry permitting process; he was looking inside of the boiler's front door when he felt something enter his right eye. On 8/6 he...
07/27/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 63d lost The employee had just completed changing out a welding oxygen cylinder. The employee was placing the empty cylinder in the back of a jeep. He bent down placed his left hand on the bottom of the cyl...
07/11/2008 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None At approximatley 1:00 PM black smoke was observed coming off of the North West corner of the Soda Ash Production building. Surface alarm systems were activated and personnel were evacuated. Emergenc...
06/17/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was removing 3""pipe suspended from the mine roof by chain and placing it on a pipe trailer. He unhooked a section of the pipe and left the chain hanging from the mine roof, the end of t...
06/04/2008 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 29d restricted The employee was utilizing a deslagging tool to bar down slag build up inside of FU-1 furnace. While baring the slag down a piece fell off the furnace wall pinching the employees finger between the h...
05/19/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 14d lost, 2d restricted The employee was using a tugger to winch a relay bar on the Longwall face. The bracket broke loose, causing tension in the tugger cable. The employees legs became pinched under the cable, against th...
05/09/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A mine maintenance employee was performing maintenance work in the #1 production shaft, when his left eye became irritated. On May 12th his eye was still irritated, he was taken to an optomitrist for...
05/07/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was stepping out of a water truck. When she stepped to the ground her left foot rolled to the inside and caused injury to her ankle. Employee was new to the piece of equipemnt and not used to...
05/03/2008 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 27d restricted The employee was standing inside of a 913 loader bucket to hang cable. When he stepped out of the bucket, he stepped on a small rock on the ground and twisted his right ankle. On May 5th the employe...
04/21/2008 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was building a Kennedy stopping in 2 East 2 South. While installing a panel it slid down, he reached out to grab the panel and in doing so it cut his left middle and ring finger. He re...
03/17/2008 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON PERM TOT OR PERM PRTL DISABLTY None As the employee was walking down the rail tracks, he reached over to release the handle on a rail car, when he slipped on the ice and fell to the ground. On 3/28/08 he was still having abdominal pain...
03/15/2008 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 46d lost A longwall production employee sustained a fracture to his left tibia and right ankle. He was standing on #12 support and the shield was being pulled forward. As the shield pulled forward the employ...
02/14/2008 POWERED HAULAGE DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 3d restricted While lifting belt structure with the bobcat the spreader bar rolled and fell smashing the employee's hand between the bucket and the rail of the structure, causing a puncture on his left hand. On Mar...
12/29/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost On December 29, 2007 an employee was changing out the brake calibers on a shuttle car and reported feeling a pain in his shoulder. The incident was initially treated as a first aid injury. On 2/8/08...
11/26/2007 FALL OF FACE/RIB/PILLAR/SIDE/HIGHWALL NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None A production employee was struck by a rock which appears to have come from the cutting face or fell between the supports. The rock struck the employee in the left ear causing a laceration. The emplo...
11/01/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 18d lost, 29d restricted Employees were working on a miner using a puller when the race popped, which released the tension. This caused the employee to slip, losing his balance on uneven ground and roll his left ankle. The...
10/17/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost On October 17, 2007 a mine production employee reported pain in his shoulder. He was taken to seek medical attention and received surgery on a non work related collar bone fracture. During follow up...
10/12/2007 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None During the operation of the shearer, a rock came out from the back of the drum and struck the operator in the left elbow causing a laceration. The employee was taken to the emergency room where he re...
10/02/2007 STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 6d restricted Employee was cleaning in the old crusher behind a compressor. When he stepped back out from behind the compressor, he stepped on the hose causing him to twist his ankle.
09/17/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While driving a forklift on 11 E towards 2S, a rock fell from the top and struck the employee on the shoulder and cheek. This caused a laceration on his cheek that required 16 stitches. He did recei...
09/14/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was using his measuring tape while in a jeep waiting for the driver to return. When the driver returned and started to leave, the end of the tape measure was caught on a roof bolt and th...
08/16/2007 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None At 5:40 AM the #1 service hoist experienced an electrical problem which caused the hoist to trip out. After investigating the cause of the electrical problem, the miners were brought out utilizing the...
08/08/2007 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was working on a light on the miner and had finished stripping the conduit on the cable. He placed the utility knife down and was pulling on the cable when the knife fell and the blade s...
08/03/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 86d lost On August 3, 2007 the employee was performing normal work as a bagging operator. The employee was not feeling well and later that evening went to the emergency room, and was later taken to SLC for fu...
07/25/2007 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None The employee was assisting a fellow employee with hooking up a utility trailer to a forklift. While removing the blocks, the employee's forearm came in contact with a metal bur on the underside of th...
06/28/2007 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 94d lost, 29d restricted The employee was lifting a belt roller off of a pallet when the pallet broke and the remaining rollers fell and struck the employee. The employee fell causing bruises to his face and left leg as well...
06/21/2007 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT 28d lost, 5d restricted On June 21st an employee was operating a roof bolter installing a bolt in a roof pan, a rock measuring 19""x13""x3"" came loose, striking the employee in the left shoulder. The employee sustained bru...