Mining Incidents

Morton Salt Inc operator

Controlled by SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc
MSHA operator ID: 0114165
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
388
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2010–2026
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2010
3,656
citations
734
significant & substantial
$2,698,573
proposed penalties
$2,318,708
paid to date
86% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $379,865 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2010
779
inspections on record
31,841
inspection hours
11.5
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.
3,656 citations across 31,841 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.
$2.7M
proposed penalties
$2.4M
current assessed
$2.3M
paid to date
$53K
outstanding
3,547 assessments are final orders; 71 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2026-05-12.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.

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Incident timeline

2026
12
2025
22
2024
12
2023
23
2022
25
2021
15
2020
18
2019
16
2018
30
2017
25
2016
29
2015
29
2014
34
2013
22
2012
35
2011
37
2010
4

Mines on record

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