Cargill SaltMining Incidents in 2025

Lost power to the mine due to an outage from Cleveland Public Power (CPP). Reported issue to CPP

Faults were occurring on Phoist that could not be cleared at approximately 11:35 pm. EVAC was called at approximately 12:05 am since we were still troubleshooting the issue and did not have control of the hoist.

Loss of power due to transformer issue at neighboring business. Notified Cleveland Public Power (CPP) of issue.

Loss of power on surface and underground due to city outage. Reported to Cleveland Public Power (CPP) for repair.

Power failure due to loss of incoming power from city substation. Notified Cleveland Public Power to report outage.

Relay switches burned up on #3 Hoist.

Relay switches burned up in #3 Hoist.

An employee observed an electrician's golf cart that was parked near the Phoist control room was on fire and notified their supervisor. The supervisor contacted CFD and verified that the EVAC system was activated. The supervisor immediately traveled to the location of the golf cart and found that the fire had been extinguished by employees using fire extinguishers.

Lost use of PHoist due to drive fault/bad module caused by high moisture.

Lost operation of the PHoist due to a failed drive module

At approximately 10:30 PM, the number one main fan went down due to mechanical issues. Based on the inspection, it appears the impellers came off, the bearing locked up and it went high amps/temp.

Ground fault shorted out #3 hoist motor causing arcing.

During hoist checks, the tanks for the pneumatic system did not refill. Issue could not be resolved within allotted time frame, so EVAC was called. Cause of issue was found to be a rubber gasket from the oiler blew out and lodged itself in the #2 pneumatic valve.

#3 Hoist was having some electrical problems, so crew was troubleshooting it, we still had our #4 and #2 for escapeways. It ended up being 2 bad fuses. and was repaired

Crew had started shift, they were heading out to the panels they passed the shop, usually lights are on, noticed they couldn't see any light and turned around, saw it was smoke blocking the lights, started evac procedures

Bad multi-conductor in #4 shaft.

Lost drive module on Phoist.

Electrical fault on our #4 Hoist. Trouble shooting determined there was crossover power from 480v to 20v that burnt up a circuit board.

Transformer blew on surface, which caused power to drop on the surface and in the mine. Outage was reported to Cleveland Public Power (CPP) and mine was evacuated until power was restored.

Two employees were bolting in a narrow belt line area when the bolter tripped the e-stop cable. While discussing reset options, one employee attempted to squeeze through a tight area. While doing so, the bolter shifted, pinning them between the bolter and rib. They called for help, and the other employee moved the bolter to free them.

An employee was cutting a zip tie off of a D-ring when the knife slipped and sliced the inside of EE's left forearm. The laceration was approximately 1"" in length and required 3 stitches. The employee was permitted to return to work with instructions to keep the wound covered. This incident did not result in any lost time.

Surface employee tripped/fell near rail yard and suffered minor abrasions/contusions to left hand, right knee/thigh & right chest. Medical attention was offered and declined. 3 days later (3/28/25), employee requested to be evaluated and was diagnosed with abrasions/contusion to right knee, left hand & right chest wall. *Became reportable on 3/28/25**