# IMPOUNDMENT
> MSHA accident `220201900017` · 06/11/2020 · WE Soda Alkali, LLC
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** ACCIDENT ONLY
- **Classification:** IMPOUNDMENT
- **Accident type:** Accident type, without injuries
- **Occupation:** —
- **Activity:** —
- **Injury source:** —
- **Nature of injury:** —
- **Body part:** —
- **Days lost:** —
- **Mine experience:** — years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Genesis Energy LP
- **Operator:** WE Soda Alkali, LLC
- **Mine:** [4800152](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4800152)
## Narrative

The suspected cause of the breach was piping under the embankment from the dissolution of deca crystal below the embankment.  As the water escaped to the Evaporation Lake, the flow eroded the earthen embankment.  It is suspected recent heavy rains contributed via excessive dilution of the material stored in the impoundment.  

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*