Data / Mines / Wyoming / We Soda @ Westvaco
We Soda @ Westvaco: 996 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
We Soda @ Westvaco is an active trona underground mine in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, operated by We Soda Alkali, LLC with 815 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 4800152). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 996 citations and orders there with $875,599 in proposed penalties, and 127 accident reports were filed there, with 89 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 4800152
- Status
- Active since July 4, 1976
- Main commodity
- Trona
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Sweetwater County, Wyoming
- Nearest town
- Green River, WY
- Operator
- We Soda Alkali, LLC
- Parent company
- We Soda US LLC
- Employees
- 815
- MSHA field office
- Green River WY Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 996
- Significant and substantial
- 136 (13.7%)
- Closure orders
- 8
- High negligence or reckless
- 77
- Proposed penalties
- $875,599
- Amount paid so far
- $711,549
- Inspections
- 479
- Inspector hours on site
- 7,514
- Citations per inspection
- 2.08 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 127
- Injury and illness cases
- 89
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 2, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 166 ($135,175 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 249 | 45 | $255,764 | 15 |
| 2023 | 155 | 21 | $115,180 | 19 |
| 2024 | 314 | 40 | $321,513 | 13 |
| 2025 | 206 | 23 | $145,377 | 25 |
| 2026 | 72 | 7 | $37,765 | 17 |
Standards cited most at We Soda @ Westvaco
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 114 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 63 |
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 55 |
| 30 CFR 57.14112 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 48 |
| 30 CFR 57.11001 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 47 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 42 |
| 30 CFR 57.12028 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 41 |
| 30 CFR 57.14107 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 40 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 33 |
| 30 CFR 57.12032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 33 |
| 30 CFR 57.4102 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 30 |
| 30 CFR 57.22305 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 24 |
| 30 CFR 57.12018 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 20 |
| 30 CFR 57.18002 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 57.4104 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
Injury and illness cases at We Soda @ Westvaco
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Permanent disability | 1 |
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 65 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 23 |
What the accident reports at We Soda @ Westvaco describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 43 |
| Fall of roof or back | 19 |
| Slip or fall of person | 17 |
| Machinery | 12 |
| Hoisting | 7 |
| Entrapment | 7 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 5 |
| Electrical | 4 |
| Fire | 3 |
| Other | 3 |
Equipment named in accident reports at We Soda @ Westvaco
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Elevator | 13 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 6 |
| Hand tools (powered) | 4 |
| Welding machine | 3 |
| Blow pipe | 1 |
| Forklift | 1 |
| Longwall machine | 1 |
| Shuttle car | 1 |
| Rock drill | 1 |
| Pneumatic blasting agent loader | 1 |
Other open mines in Sweetwater County, Wyoming
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Soda LLC | American Soda LLC | Sweetwater County, WY | Trona | 449 | 804 |
| Tata Chemicals Mine | Tata Chemicals Soda Ash Partners LLC | Sweetwater County, WY | Trona | 539 | 626 |
| Big Island Mine & Refinery | Sisecam Wyoming, LLC | Sweetwater County, WY | Trona | 437 | 345 |
| Black Butte And Leucite Hills Mines | Black Butte Coal Company | Sweetwater County, WY | Coal (bituminous) | 59 | 23 |
| Portable Crusher Unit F | Arizona Materials | Sweetwater County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 9 | 18 |
| Pioneer Trails Pit #565 | Sunroc Corporation | Sweetwater County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 4 | 17 |
| Jim Bridger Mine | Bridger Coal Company | Sweetwater County, WY | Coal (bituminous) | 160 | 16 |
| Mobile Crusher, 76-4034 | Sunroc Corporation | Sweetwater County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 9 |
| 2001 BL Pegson Crusher | H. B. Lee Construction Co., Inc. | Sweetwater County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 8 |
| Leucite Mine #11 | Searle Brothers Construction Company | Sweetwater County, WY | Crushed, broken stone | 2 | 7 |
| 2004 Chieftan Screener | Lee Sand and Gravel, Inc | Sweetwater County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 3 |
| Kolberg 271B | Searle Brothers Construction Company | Sweetwater County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 2 |
| Plattoga Pit | Plattoga Holdings, LLC | Sweetwater County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 Metso Nordbert C120 Jaw Crusher Pla | Searle Brothers Construction Company | Sweetwater County, WY | Construction sand and gravel | 2 | 0 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.