Mining Incidents

Grand Saline Salt Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Morton Salt Division · Underground
Controlled by Morton International Inc
Van Zandt County, TX  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4100940

MSHA record for Grand Saline Salt Mine (mine ID 4100940). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Morton Salt Division 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Grand Saline Salt Mine sits in Van Zandt County, Texas, where the Census mining category is 1.5% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Van Zandt County, Texas · Population 61,323
1.5%
Mining share of county employment
$68,274
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.