WE Soda Alkali, LLC safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Non-Fatal Accident Investigation
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015226.5 on-site hours reported
Violation — cited standard not reported
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 4800152Handling of materials
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 4800152Days away from work only
Accident narrative
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.
Fall of roof or back
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 4800152Accident only
Accident narrative
Roof fall at 17hg return 3 entry xc 5. Roughly 10' high 20' wide and 30' long.
Non-Fatal Accident Investigation
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 48001526.5 on-site hours reported
Slip or fall of person
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 4800152Days away from work only
Accident narrative
Employee was walking down a walkway stepped down off a step planted their foot and slipped. Causing their ankle to roll.
Spot Inspections
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 4800152103(i) · 3.0 on-site hours reported
Safety belts and lines.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.15005 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 47.41(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.4201(a)(1) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Portable rigid ladders.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.11004 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Housekeeping.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.20003(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,818.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of guards.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.14112(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,219.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of guards.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.14112(a) · $245.00 proposed penalty
Warning signs.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.4101 · $592.00 proposed penalty
Testing grounding systems.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.12028 · $151.00 proposed penalty
Hoisting
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 4800152Accident only
Accident narrative
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 to fault out. The hoist was down for 37 minutes.
Warnings prior to starting or moving equipment.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.14200 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $398.00 proposed penalty
Inspection.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.4201(a)(1) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Requirement for container labels.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 47.41(a) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Moving machine parts.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.14107(a) · $366.00 proposed penalty
Inspection.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.4201(a)(1) · $165.00 proposed penalty
Spot Inspections
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 4800152103(i) · 2.3 on-site hours reported
Inspection and cover plates.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.12032 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,126.00 proposed penalty
Protection of gas cylinder valves.
WE Soda @ WESTVACO · 480015230 CFR 57.16006 · $165.00 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.
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.