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American Salt Company operator

Controlled by General Host Corp

MSHA operator ID: L00337

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 95
Mines on record: 1
Years on record: 1983–1988

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 7 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 48 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 12 non-fatal
MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 9 non-fatal
HOISTING 2 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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12 (1f)

1983

Mines on record

Lyons Mine KS

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

October 1, 1984 KS · Metal/Non-Metal carpenter Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

American Salt Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

THE INJURED MAN WAS REPAIRING BUCKETS ON THE BUCKET ELEVATOR WHEN THE MILL OPERATOR STARTED THE BUCKET ELEVATOR. THE MILL OPERATOR WAS NOT AWARE OF THE WORK BEING DONE ON THIS ELEVATOR DUE TO A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT LOCKED OUT OR TAGGED AS REQUIRED.

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