# Morton Salt Fairport Mine

- **MSHA mine ID:** 3301993
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Salt
- **Location:** Lake, OH
- **Operator:** Morton Salt Inc
- **Controller:** SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 6,176
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-17T06:17:15.228Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc (0162861) → Morton Salt Inc (0114165) → Morton Salt Fairport Mine (3301993)**

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

## Controller and operator valid-time history

- **Morton International Inc → Morton Salt Division:** 1950-01-01 through 1999-06-20; derived from co-tenure at mine 3301993; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Rohm & Haas Company → Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc:** 1999-06-21 through 2009-03-31; derived from co-tenure at mine 3301993; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **Dow Chemical Company → Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc:** 2009-04-01 through 2009-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3301993; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **K+S Aktiengesellschaft → Morton Salt Div/Morton International Inc:** 2009-10-01 through 2010-09-30; derived from co-tenure at mine 3301993; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **K+S Aktiengesellschaft → Morton Salt Inc:** 2010-10-01 through 2021-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 3301993; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc → Morton Salt Inc:** 2021-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 3301993; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.

- History rows: 6
- Typed edges: 15
- 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: 2026-10-17T05:35:58.500035+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 67 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 324 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 3,830 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 161 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,349 violation rows across the full record; 205 carry an S&S flag and $500,975 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 340 samples:** Occupational health samples 326 personal; 14 area. 6 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 80K employee hours and 165 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 159 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 59 contested-violation rows, 60 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 40 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 17 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 — 38 since 2021:** Inspections 257 inspection events and 13K 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 57.19066 — Maximum riders in a conveyance.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-R/section-57.19066
- **30 CFR 57.20032 — Two-way communication equipment for underground operations.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-S/section-57.20032
- **30 CFR 57.14207 — Parking procedures for unattended equipment.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-M/section-57.14207
- **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
- **30 CFR 57.12002 — Controls and switches.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12002
- **30 CFR 57.4104 — Combustible waste.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-C/section-57.4104
- **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 57.3200 — Correction of hazardous conditions.** (2 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-B/section-57.3200
- **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 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

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 324 rows; 2000-03-06 through 2026-09-03; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1992-06-02 through 1992-06-02; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 14 rows; 2021-07-14 through 2025-10-30; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,339 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2026-07-14; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 60 rows; 2000-10-23 through 2018-06-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 40 rows; 2001-01-02 through 2021-08-09; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 59 rows; 2008-11-18 through 2016-12-21; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,796 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 448 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-yearly`
- **Controller and Operator History:** 6 rows; 1950-01-01 through 2010-10-01; source ID `msha-controller-operator-history`
- **Inspections:** 257 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-07-15; source ID `msha-inspections`
- **Mine Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 48 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:** 326 rows; 2000-08-29 through 2025-10-30; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,349 rows; 2000-03-08 through 2026-07-14; 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/morton-salt-fairport-mine-3301993`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/morton-salt-fairport-mine-3301993`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/3301993/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/3301993/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://3301993/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`