American Soda LLC safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Approved testing devices (I-A, I-B, I-C, II-A, II-B, III, IV, V-A, and V-B mines).
30 CFR 57.22227(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $9,004.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.5 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.5 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
An employee was standing on a 17 inch two step working platform performing maintenance work. As EE applied force to the box end wrench, the wrench slipped causing EE to lose balance and fall. In falling, EE's right knee contacted a ceramic liner, resulting in a fractured knee cap.
Handtools (nonpowered)
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
The employee was climbing down a scaffold ladder. Employee was tied off to an overhead SRL while descending a ladder. Their personal srl got caught on the scaffold gate. While descending the ladder, they noticed the caught psrl hook. As they looked up at it, the hook freed itself and retracted as designed. In that retracting process, the hook hit our employee in the mouth.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Construction and maintenance of ladders.
30 CFR 57.11003 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
209.5 on-site hours reported
Fall of roof or back
Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
A Mine Production employee was in the process of bolting at 8 BMR. Employee noticed a bad top in the entry and exited the cab of the bolter to bar down the hazard. As employee barred down, the arch behind the employee came loose and fell and struck the employee from behind.
Non-Fatal Accident Investigation
21.5 on-site hours reported
Location for performing scaling.
30 CFR 57.3201 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $13,436.00 proposed penalty
Correction of hazardous conditions.
30 CFR 57.3200 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $6,037.00 proposed penalty
Machinery
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
A Mine Production employee was operating bolter drilling a 14 foot drill hole when the steel became stuck. EE placed EE's left hand on the drill steel to apply outward force to free the steel and reached for what EE thought was the lowering lever and inadvertently activated the rotation lever. In doing so EEs hand rotated with the drill steel causing a dislocated left pinky finger.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 7.0 on-site hours reported
Powered haulage
Days restricted activity only
Accident narrative
The underground Utility Crew was taking structure down from a panel. As they were bringing in the forklift EE noticed a rail was close to the forklift tire and was going to run over it. EE bent down to move it out of the way, but the tire of the forklift ran over the end of the rail picking up the other side, hitting the employee in the lip.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Housekeeping.
30 CFR 57.20003(a) · $366.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 57.12032 · $209.00 proposed penalty
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.
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.