Lyons Salt Company operator
Controlled by
SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc
MSHA operator ID: L11902
- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 150
- Mines on record
- 1
- Years on record
- 1991–2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
808
citations
152
significant & substantial
$363,424
proposed penalties
$299,506
paid to date
82% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $63,918 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
202
inspections on record
8,195
inspection hours
9.9
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.808 citations across 8,195 inspection hours.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Penalty disposition
ⓘ
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$363K
proposed penalties
$300K
current assessed
$300K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
785 assessments are final orders; 18 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-02-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Top causes
- HANDLING OF MATERIALS 48 non-fatal
- HOISTING 42 non-fatal
- POWERED HAULAGE 15 non-fatal
- MACHINERY 14 non-fatal
- SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 11 non-fatal
- HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 6 non-fatal
Incident timeline
2025
3
2023
1
2022
2
2021
3
2020
4
2019
6
2018
1
2017
1
2016
6
2015
3
2014
6
2013
1
2012
3
2011
10
2010
15
2009
19
2008
2
2007
8
2006
4
2005
6
2004
4
2003
3
2002
1
2001
3
2000
2
1999
2
1998
1
1996
1
1995
5
1994
6
1993
3
1992
5
1991
10
Mines on record
- Lyons Mine KS
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