Mining Incidents

WE Soda Alkali, LLC operator

Controlled by WE Soda US LLC
MSHA operator ID: 0138395
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
210
Mines on record
1
Years on record
2015–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2015
2,219
citations
384
significant & substantial
$1,837,305
proposed penalties
$1,404,095
paid to date
76% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $433,210 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2015
1,066
inspections on record
25,016
inspection hours
8.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
2,219 citations across 25,016 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$1.8M
proposed penalties
$1.4M
current assessed
$1.4M
paid to date
$43K
outstanding
2,161 assessments are final orders; 36 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-03-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
17
2025
38
2024
20
2023
23
2022
17
2021
18
2020
16
2019
5
2018
10
2017
12
2016
19
2015
15

Mines on record

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