WE Soda @ WESTVACO safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.
Safety activity
Approved equipment (III mines).
30 CFR 57.22305 · $818.00 proposed penalty
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
325.5 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Fall of roof or back
Accident only
Accident narrative
Tailgate intersection fell above anchor point. Ventilation was not disrupted, no employees were trapped or injured. The longwall continued to mine to get through the fall area.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.0 on-site hours reported
Handling of materials
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was guiding the cable rope into the spool. EE's finger was pulled into the spool crushing the end of EE's finger resulting in a broken index finger and stitches.
Handling of materials
No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee was working in an awkward position trying to replace a bad hydraulic hose for multiple hours. EE was laying on EE's stomach and reaching into the access door. After work was completed, employee reported a back strain.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 6.5 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.5 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Fall of roof or back
Accident only
Accident narrative
The longwall operators were cutting high in the tailgate causing the shear to cut out roof support (bolts). This roof fall occurred in the tailgate (bleeder) no employees were trapped, injured, and air was not disrupted by the event.
Powered haulage
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was operating a forklift steering wheel with EE's left hand when EE felt a pop in EE's shoulder.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 5.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.5 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 1.0 on-site hours reported
Fall of roof or back
Accident only
Accident narrative
A roof fall occurred in the longwall tailgate that went above anchor point. Ventilation was not interrupted, no miners were trapped, and no injuries occurred. The area where the roof fall occurred is a bleeder and is not a working area but the roof fall did extend passed the anchor point.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 4.0 on-site hours reported
Exploding vessels under pressure
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee opened an angle cock valve on the back of a rail car to bleed pressure. while opening the valve the hose whipped up and struck their elbow.
Handling of materials
Days away from work only
Accident narrative
The employee was operating a warm water return valve and felt pain in their lower back.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.0 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
Days restricted activity only
Accident narrative
Working on the mono drop-out line had the guzzler hose down into the ditch, propped up on EE's knee, then EE twisted EE's knee and felt a pop.
Spot Inspections
103(i) · 3.0 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.
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.