Independent Salt Company operator
Controlled by
Brian G Keener
MSHA operator ID: L11317
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 175
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1989–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
645
citations
107
significant & substantial
$207,983
proposed penalties
$171,560
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $36,423 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
150
inspections on record
6,385
inspection hours
10.1
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.645 citations across 6,385 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$208K
proposed penalties
$195K
current assessed
$172K
paid to date
$24K
outstanding
626 assessments are final orders; 25 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 51 non-fatal
- HOISTING 36 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 21 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 20 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 16 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 14 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
3
2024
3
2023
6
2022
3
2021
4
2020
5
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1
2016
2
2015
1
2014
2
2013
6
2012
4
2011
10
2010
8
2009
7
2008
6
2007
5
2006
6
2005
9
2004
7
2003
9
2002
10
2001
6
2000
5
1999
5
1998
2
1997
4
1996
4
1995
4
1994
8
1993
4
1992
3
1991
7
1990
3
1989
1
Mines on record
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