WE Soda @ WESTVACO — Accidents

Total: 637 accidents | Fatalities: 1

Date Classification Injury Days Lost Narrative
12/11/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a roof fall in 18H 3 entry xc 5 intersection. It fell on the belt line and monorail in the entry. The fall was roughly 10' high, 30"" long, and 20' wide. No injuries, no trapped miners, and...
12/10/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was shoveling along side the crusher when a rock 28"" x 30"" x 4 1/2"" fell and landed on their ankle. Causing a sprain/strain to their ankle.
12/09/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Roof fall at 17hg return 3 entry xc 5. Roughly 10' high 20' wide and 30' long.
12/08/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was walking down a walkway stepped down off a step planted their foot and slipped. Causing their ankle to roll.
12/02/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None while turning power back on during a planned outage the generator for hoist shut down causing the hoist computers to shut down. This required the hoist computers to be rebooted causing the sync switch...
11/16/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a roof fall in the tailgate of the longwall measuring 15ft to 20ft long and 7ft to 8ft high. The fall did not restrict ventilation, cause injury, or impede escapeways.
11/09/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None The miner was cleaning up the walkway when EE picked up a large rock and felt a pop in EE's back.
10/28/2025 OTHER NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was gritting their teeth while loosening a bolt. Employee chipped and bottom tooth.
10/24/2025 IMPOUNDMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None There was a piping failure in the southeast corner of the lower impoundment that allowed water to flow out into the evaporation lake.
10/16/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 3d lost Employee was sprayed with 50% caustic. The caustic contacted the corner of left eye.
10/10/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None EE was hammering a bearing sleeve. The bearing broke and struck EE's hand causing a laceration to EE's finger
10/07/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Slip, Trip, Fall, in the plant while walking across damaged concrete. EE fell and broke EE's clavicle
09/21/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was tightening 2 1/2"" bolts on a pump when EE felt pain in EE's right shoulder
09/21/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None 8 shaft hoist went down for an electrical fault. No one was on the cage or injured when the fault occurred.
09/17/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was removing a tag off a chain valve when EE felt a pop in EE's left shoulder.
09/07/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Spacer plate for the cable handler slid and smashed EE's finger against the shear resulting in a right ring finger tuft fracture.
09/04/2025 FIRE ACCIDENT ONLY None a fire was reported at the land fill pit. no injuries occurred.
09/03/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None there was an above anchor point fall above the overcast near 2 northwest pump station. the fall damaged the overcast causing it to outgas.
08/29/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employees were drilling the hole when the pipe started to slip. Employee grabbed another wrench to put it on the pipe, while employee was setting the wrench they had a hold of the other pipe. The wren...
08/26/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Employee was carrying pin rollers when they tripped and fell on their shoulder. Employee tripped over grating outside the 4shaft airlock.
08/19/2025 POWERED HAULAGE NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Madsen (contractor) Front end loader operator was cleaning material out of mono loadout silo 2. The material above the entryway came down on the front of the front-end loader and pushed the steering c...
08/14/2025 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While welding grating the bin over flowed dropping a small rock into the hood contacting right eye.
08/12/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY None Laying on right forearm when felt a pop in right shoulder while welding.
07/12/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 29d lost Employee was bending over to set the impact down after bending over and tightening bolts.
06/17/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 76d lost Employee was walking on platform lost balance. Employee attempted to catch self and felt a tear in bicep area.
06/13/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 43d lost Employee was operating the shear cutting out the Headgate, when a rock the size of a baseball came out of the panline and hit them in the left knee.
05/22/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 97d lost Lowering a piece of grating and felt a pop in right elbow. Seen at on-site medical facility and released. Still felt pain a few days later and went to personal physician on 5/27/25 where it was found...
05/21/2025 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 23d lost Slip and fall when pulling wrench off bolt. Fell and landed on a rock in the employee's lower back.
05/19/2025 MACHINERY DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 80d lost Employee was putting drill steel in the chuck while hand was in a pinch point and closed the centralizer on their hand.
05/06/2025 OTHER DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 55d lost Employee was walking on an uneven surface and felt pain in knee, sought medical attention and was released back to work. On 05/10/2025 employee was still experiencing pain sought medical attention an...
04/28/2025 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None The 5 hoist mantrip had an unknown electrical issue which deemed it inoperable all miners were evacuated.
04/19/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 1d lost Employee wash unplugging a caustic line and got liquid on their pants causing a caustic burn. Employee went for a follow up appointment on 04/26/2025 and was put off work for one day.
04/01/2025 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 2d lost The operator was adjusting the lime drag when they pinched a finger, resulting in a laceration that required 11 sutures.
02/27/2025 HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 17d lost Two maintenance employees were working to replace broken bolts on the longwall stage loader chain flights. One employee was swinging a hammer to free the flight and the other employee was pulling the...
02/02/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Had a roof fall above the anchor points in the return of the tailgate of the longwall.
01/29/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was evaluating materials and found a roof fall above the anchor points at 299 15HG #1 crosscut.
01/27/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Employee was evaluating areas for material storage and found a roof fall above the anchor points at 458N in #1 room.
01/10/2025 FALL OF ROOF OR BACK ACCIDENT ONLY None Supervisor was walking the 14hg area of the mine to ensure that there was no equipment, or tools that needed to be removed before the stoppings were installed. During EE's inspection EE noticed that...
12/20/2024 HOISTING ACCIDENT ONLY None Had a power trip on the primary man hoist (8 shaft) and one of our secondary shafts was locked out for maintenance. Power was restored to the primary man hoist at approximately 8:15PM.
12/10/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS RESTRICTED ACTIVITY ONLY 180d restricted HVAC Technician was working on HVAC unit on above ground concrete pad on 12/10/24 that was covered with ice. The technician slipped and jammed shoulder when EE went to catch self. The technician trie...
12/04/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee was changing out a leaf spring & when it broke free it pinched employee's hand requiring 13 stitches.
10/17/2024 ELECTRICAL DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 5d lost Employee was removing a bolt from a junction box when EE received a shock to EE's left hand.
09/23/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 35d lost Employee tripped landed on EE's hand sustaining a fracture.
09/21/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 110d lost Employee rolled EE's ankle when walking into a building causing a sprained ankle.
08/18/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None 8 Shaft hoist went down while taking the night shift crew into the mine. A ground fault issue on the surface caused an undervoltage event. There were 2 faults that occurred on the hoist motor. The fir...
08/14/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None While working in the bucket elevator the employee stepped down on to a beam, causing the employee to lose balance. Employee reached with left arm which dislocated employee's shoulder.
07/30/2024 MACHINERY NO DYS AWY FRM WRK,NO RSTR ACT None Employee went to grind on a piece of pipe, when the cord got entangled, went across employee's hand causing a laceration requiring 9 sutures.
07/22/2024 ENTRAPMENT ACCIDENT ONLY None The 8 shaft hoist went down due to an electrical issue after troubleshooting, the electrical issue was resolved. There was one miner on the man hoist when it went down and was hoisted out at approxim...
07/21/2024 HANDLING OF MATERIALS DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 40d lost Employee bumped a valve handle on an airline and came into contact with the debris in the line.
06/29/2024 SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON DAYS AWAY FROM WORK ONLY 120d lost Employee was ascending stairs, tripped on a step, and stuck hand out and it went through glass light. Employee sustained a laceration to the right index finger requiring 6 stitches.