# Lyons Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 1400413
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Salt
- **Location:** Rice, KS
- **Operator:** Lyons Salt Company
- **Controller:** SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,184
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc (0162861) → Lyons Salt Company (L11902) → Lyons Mine (1400413)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **General Host Corp → American Salt Company:** 1950-01-01 through 1988-03-10; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400413; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Harris Chemical Group → North American Salt Company:** 1988-03-11 through 1990-11-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400413; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Peter E  Powell → Lyons Salt Company:** 1990-11-20 through 2015-10-25; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400413; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Compass Minerals International, Inc. → North American Salt Company:** 2001-11-28 through 1990-11-19; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400413; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Kissner Group Holdings LP → Lyons Salt Company:** 2015-10-26 through 2021-06-12; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400413; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc → Lyons Salt Company:** 2021-06-13 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 1400413; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 10 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 118 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 557 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 238 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 898 violation rows across the full record; 175 carry an S&S flag and $334,448 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 295 samples:** Occupational health samples 281 personal; 14 area. 25 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 43K employee hours and 70 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 277 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 117 contested-violation rows, 113 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 47 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 15 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 — 36 since 2021:** Inspections 207 inspection events and 8K 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 57.9315 — Dust control.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-H/section-57.9315
- **30 CFR 57.18002 — Examination of working places.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-Q/section-57.18002
- **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 57.4260 — Underground self-propelled equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4260
- **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 57.14100 — 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 57.14101 — Brakes.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14101
- **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 47.44 — Temporary, portable containers.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-H/part-47/subpart-E/section-47.44
- **30 CFR 57.4200 — General requirements.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4200
- **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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 118 rows; 2000-05-17 through 2026-07-14; 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:** 14 rows; 2013-11-05 through 2026-06-23; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 890 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2026-08-13; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 113 rows; 2009-09-10 through 2015-06-24; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 47 rows; 2001-05-01 through 2024-09-05; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 117 rows; 2007-03-07 through 2026-02-25; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,657 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 367 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 1990-11-20; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 207 rows; 2000-03-01 through 2026-09-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 375 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-mine-production-quarterly`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Yearly:** 92 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:** 281 rows; 2000-11-15 through 2026-09-13; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 898 rows; 2000-03-02 through 2026-09-15; 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/lyons-mine-1400413`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/lyons-mine-1400413`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/1400413/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/1400413/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://1400413/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`