# Independent Salt Company

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1400411
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Salt
- **Location:** Ellsworth, KS
- **Operator:** Independent Salt Company
- **Controller:** Brian G Keener
- **Public source rows linked:** 3,182
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**Brian G Keener (0119781) → Independent Salt Company (L11317) → Independent Salt Company (1400411)**

Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim.

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **George R  Beach → Independent Salt Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1989-11-09; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400411; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **M D  Keener → Independent Salt Company:** 1989-11-10 through 2011-10-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400411; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Brian G Keener et al → Independent Salt Company:** 2011-11-01 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400411; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 3
- Typed edges: 8
- Interval anomalies: 0
- Valid-time bounds: inclusive; date granularity; null end means open-ended in the upstream history row; not independent proof of present control.
- Transaction-time observation: 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615908+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 19 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 130 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,827 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 215 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 692 violation rows across the full record; 114 carry an S&S flag and $209,240 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 215 samples:** Occupational health samples 202 personal; 13 area. 2 personal-sample rows have a published C/E ratio above 1; 0 noise rows have an action-level or PEL dose above 100%. These are separate measures, not a silica exceedance count. Silica results and sample status are shown separately.
4. **PRODUCTION — 0 tons:** Quarterly production and employment 23K employee hours and 53 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 161 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 73 contested-violation rows, 74 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 14 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 5 linked entities:** Contractors Contractors are linked through this mine’s violation or accident records. Their production and hours cover all their operations, so they are not included in this mine’s totals.
7. **INSPECTIONS — 30 since 2021:** Inspections 151 inspection events and 7K published inspection hours across the historical record.

## EIA annual operating context

No matched record in the 2024 EIA coal-public workbook. This may be inapplicable for a non-coal operation.

## Recent Title 30 crosswalk

Snapshot current through 2026-08-19.

- **30 CFR 57.11003 — Construction and maintenance of ladders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11003
- **30 CFR 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 57.14205 — Machinery, equipment, and tools.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14205
- **30 CFR 57.4201 — Inspection.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4201
- **30 CFR 57.20013 — Waste receptacles.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20013
- **30 CFR 57.11002 — Handrails and toeboards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11002
- **30 CFR 57.20011 — Barricades and warning signs.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20011
- **30 CFR 57.11012 — Protection for openings around travelways.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-J/section-57.11012
- **30 CFR 57.12030 — Correction of dangerous conditions.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12030
- **30 CFR 57.14112 — Construction and maintenance of guards.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14112
- **30 CFR 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 130 rows; 2000-06-30 through 2025-04-22; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1973-07-13 through 1973-07-13; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 13 rows; 2019-01-24 through 2025-07-17; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 684 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 74 rows; 2004-07-09 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 14 rows; 2000-02-23 through 2012-03-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 73 rows; 2009-05-18 through 2026-07-29; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 482 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 130 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 3 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1989-11-10; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 151 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2026-07-20; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 424 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 108 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-yearly`
- **Mines:** 1 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mines`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Personal Health Samples:** 202 rows; 2002-11-06 through 2026-07-30; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 692 rows; 2000-01-31 through 2026-08-05; source ID `msha-violations`

## Caveats

- This is public-record decision support, not legal advice or an official MSHA record.
- Missing data can indicate no event, publication delay, an unresolved identity, or inapplicability.
- Contractor production data is entity-level and is not attributed to this mine.

## Alternate representations

- HTML: `/mines/independent-salt-company-1400411`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/independent-salt-company-1400411`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1400411/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1400411/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1400411/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`