# Hutchinson Salt Company - **MSHA mine ID:** 1400412 - **Status:** Active - **Type / commodity:** Underground / Salt - **Location:** Reno, KS - **Operator:** Hutchinson Salt Company - **Controller:** Instar Holdings LP - **Public source rows linked:** 6,181 - **Source coverage:** 16 / 20 - **Generated:** 2026-10-18T09:31:49.615Z ## Current entity hierarchy **Instar Holdings LP (0191740) → Hutchinson Salt Company (0201895) → Hutchinson Salt Company (1400412)** Current identity source: `msha-mines`. This is a current snapshot, not a historical claim. ## Controller and operator valid-time history - **Jon Rhine → Carey Salt Div-Interpace Corp:** 1950-01-01 through 1979-08-02; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400412; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Fording Inc → Carey Salt Inc:** 1979-08-03 through 1988-08-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400412; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Harris Chemical Group → North American Salt Company:** 1988-08-20 through 1990-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400412; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Larry L Bingham → Hutchinson Salt Company:** 1990-08-01 through 2025-02-23; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400412; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Compass Minerals International, Inc. → North American Salt Company:** 2001-11-28 through 1990-07-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400412; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - **Instar Holdings LP → Hutchinson Salt Company:** 2025-02-24 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400412; source `msha-controller-operator-history`. - History rows: 6 - Typed edges: 17 - Interval anomalies: 1 - 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 — 15 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 87 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 1,669 lost days across the published record. 2. **COMPLIANCE — 257 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,341 violation rows across the full record; 341 carry an S&S flag and $973,201 appears in current assessed amounts. 3. **HEALTH — 274 samples:** Occupational health samples 264 personal; 10 area. 5 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 28K employee hours and 50 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter. 5. **LEGAL — 667 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 320 contested-violation rows, 320 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 27 conference records linked by issuance number. 6. **CONTRACTORS — 9 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 — 48 since 2021:** Inspections 222 inspection events and 10K 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 48.3 — Training plans; time of submission; where filed; information required; time for approval; method for disapproval; commencement of training; approval of instructors.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.3 - **30 CFR 48.5 — Training of new miners; minimum courses of instruction; hours of instruction.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-48/subpart-A/section-48.5 - **30 CFR 50.20-1 — General instructions for completing MSHA Form 7000-1.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-I/part-50/subpart-C/section-50.20-1 - **30 CFR 57.19022 — Initial measurement.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-R/section-57.19022 - **30 CFR 57.4104 — Combustible waste.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4104 - **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 57.20003 — Housekeeping.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20003 - **30 CFR 57.14100 — Safety defects; examination, correction and records.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14100 - **30 CFR 57.16005 — Securing gas cylinders.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-O/section-57.16005 - **30 CFR 57.12023 — Guarding electrical connections and resistor grids.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12023 - **30 CFR 57.15006 — Protective equipment and clothing for hazards and irritants.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-N/section-57.15006 ## Source coverage - **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 87 rows; 2000-03-14 through 2025-10-03; source ID `msha-accidents` - **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1975-12-04 through 1975-12-04; source ID `msha-addresses` - **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 10 rows; 2022-02-03 through 2026-06-19; source ID `msha-area-samples` - **Assessed Violations:** 1,323 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations` - **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 320 rows; 2005-11-03 through 2026-01-05; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions` - **Conferences:** 27 rows; 2000-10-04 through 2021-07-22; source ID `msha-conferences` - **Contested Violations:** 320 rows; 2004-10-26 through 2025-03-11; source ID `msha-contested-violations` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,483 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly` - **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 326 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly` - **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2025-02-24; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history` - **Inspections:** 222 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2026-10-13; source ID `msha-inspections` - **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 367 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly` - **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 83 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:** 264 rows; 2001-10-30 through 2026-06-19; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples` - **Violations:** 1,341 rows; 2000-03-21 through 2026-10-13; 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/hutchinson-salt-company-1400412` - JSON: `/api/v1/mines/hutchinson-salt-company-1400412` - Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1400412/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows) - Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1400412/relationships` - MCP resource: `mine://1400412/assessment` - Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`