Altana Group (Germany) safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Horns and backup alarms.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.14132(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Horns and backup alarms.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.14132(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety can use.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.4402 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Horns and backup alarms.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.14132(b)(1)(i) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Correction of dangerous conditions.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.12030
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029817.3 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspection
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 41002980.0 on-site hours reported
Powered haulage
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 4100298Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee walking up ramp bent over to retrieve an object. A forklift operator backing down the ramp with a load did not see the employee, knocked EE to the side of the forklift and ran over EE's right foot. X-rays did not show any fractures. The ER released employee to work with no restrictions. A doctor visit on 4/2/26 prescribed light duty until swelling subsides.
Preparation and submission of MSHA Form 7000-2—Quarterly Employment and Coal Production Report.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 50.30(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
General requirements.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.4200(b)(2) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.14100(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029826.8 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 4100298Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
Plant Electrician was responding to a pump outage and was walking to the area when they took a step off step onto a concrete walkway and slipped. The employee fell backwards and fell against the corner of the fiberglass step, breaking one rib.
Handtools (nonpowered)
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 4100298Days restricted activity only
Accident narrative
Operator was standing on third rung of 6' step ladder while attempting to open a steam valve with a pipe wrench. They were using one hand on wrench and holding onto an adjacent valve with other hand when valve broke loose and they fell backwards off ladder onto concrete floor. Bruised heel of left foot and lower back. X-rays did not show any fractures.
Electrical conductors.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.12004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.12032 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Controls and switches.
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029830 CFR 56.12002 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
BYK USA LLC Plants & Pits · 410029825.5 on-site hours reported
Sources and definitions
MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).
Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.
Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.
S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.
Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.
Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.