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Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc operator

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MSHA operator ID: L16848

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Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 383
Mines on record: 3
Years on record: 2000–2010

Compliance record

MSHA citations since 2000

1,306

citations

184

significant & substantial

$612,323

proposed penalties

$425,340

paid to date

Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.

Top causes

FALL OF ROOF OR BACK 1 fatality · 12 non-fatal
HOISTING 197 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 44 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 29 non-fatal
POWERED HAULAGE 22 non-fatal
MACHINERY 15 non-fatal

Incident timeline

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Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

June 20, 2009 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler Fatality · FALL OF ROOF OR BACK

Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc · Struck by falling object

The investigation is not complete, but as of now it appears that the employee had washed the #2 drill and was rolling up the hose when a portion of the mine roof collapsed, striking and covering him with a section of the salt roof.