WE Soda @ WESTVACO safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Inspection and cover plates.
30 CFR 57.12032 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $2,503.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Abandoned electric circuits.
30 CFR 57.4011 · $432.00 proposed penalty
Handling of materials
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
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 EE had a torn right bicep
Temporary, portable containers.
30 CFR 47.44(b) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of guards.
30 CFR 57.14112(a)(1) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,219.00 proposed penalty
High-pressure hose connections.
30 CFR 57.13021 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Slip or fall of person
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Slip and fall when pulling wrench off bolt. Fell and landed on a rock in the employee's lower back.
Unguarded conveyors with adjacent travelways.
30 CFR 57.14109(a) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Inspection.
30 CFR 57.4201(a)(2) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Brakes.
30 CFR 57.14101(a)(2) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Temporary, portable containers.
30 CFR 47.44(b) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Testing grounding systems.
30 CFR 57.12028 · $209.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 57.14107(a) · $209.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
30 CFR 47.41(a) · $193.00 proposed penalty
Grounding circuit enclosures.
30 CFR 57.12025 · $592.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of guards.
30 CFR 57.14112(b) · $755.00 proposed penalty
Safety belts and lines.
30 CFR 57.15005 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,219.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 2.5 on-site hours reported
Housekeeping.
30 CFR 57.20003(a) · $226.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
30 CFR 57.12004 · $642.00 proposed penalty
Protection of persons at switchgear.
30 CFR 57.12020 · $193.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
30 CFR 57.14107(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of guards.
30 CFR 57.14112(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Machinery
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was putting drill steel in the chuck while hand was in a pinch point and closed the centralizer on their hand.
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.