# GRAND SALINE OPERATIONS

- **MSHA mine ID:** 4101776
- **Status:** Active
- **Type / commodity:** Underground / Salt
- **Location:** Van Zandt, TX
- **Operator:** Morton Salt Inc
- **Controller:** SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc
- **Public source rows linked:** 5,236
- **Source coverage:** 16 / 20
- **Generated:** 2026-10-13T11:26:59.401Z

## Current entity hierarchy

**SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc (0162861) → Morton Salt Inc (0114165) → GRAND SALINE OPERATIONS (4101776)**

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 4101776; 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 4101776; 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 4101776; 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 4101776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **K+S Aktiengesellschaft → Morton Salt Inc:** 2010-10-01 through 2021-04-29; derived from co-tenure at mine 4101776; source `msha-controller-operator-history`.
- **SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc → Morton Salt Inc:** 2021-04-30 through current/open; derived from co-tenure at mine 4101776; 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: 2026-10-13T11:19:05.459773+00:00.

## Assessment signals

1. **SAFETY — 15 since 2021:** Accidents and injuries 283 historical accident/injury rows; 0 coded fatalities and 2,993 lost days across the published record.
2. **COMPLIANCE — 502 since 2021:** Violations and penalties 1,243 violation rows across the full record; 221 carry an S&S flag and $585,750 appears in current assessed amounts.
3. **HEALTH — 210 samples:** Occupational health samples 192 personal; 18 area. 4 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 104K employee hours and 174 summed average employees across reported subunits in the latest published quarter.
5. **LEGAL — 89 linked rows:** Contests, conferences and decisions 19 contested-violation rows, 19 civil-penalty docket/decision rows, and 51 conference records linked by issuance number.
6. **CONTRACTORS — 16 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 — 54 since 2021:** Inspections 180 inspection events and 11K 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 57.12004 — Electrical conductors.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12004
- **30 CFR 57.23002 — Written safety program.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-U/section-57.23002
- **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 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 57.20003 — 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 57.12032 — Inspection and cover plates.** (1 retained recent row) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12032
- **30 CFR 57.12025 — Grounding circuit enclosures.** (3 retained recent rows) — https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-30/chapter-I/subchapter-K/part-57/subpart-K/section-57.12025

## Source coverage

- **Accident, Injuries, and Illnesses:** 283 rows; 2000-01-28 through 2026-04-28; source ID `msha-accidents`
- **Addresses of Record:** 1 rows; 1973-03-06 through 1973-03-06; source ID `msha-addresses`
- **Metal and Nonmetal Area Samples:** 18 rows; 2015-09-03 through 2026-09-02; source ID `msha-area-samples`
- **Assessed Violations:** 1,201 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-07-01; source ID `msha-assessed-violations`
- **Civil Penalty Dockets and Decisions:** 19 rows; 2010-05-12 through 2025-04-22; source ID `msha-civil-penalty-dockets-decisions`
- **Conferences:** 51 rows; 2000-02-25 through 2014-11-07; source ID `msha-conferences`
- **Contested Violations:** 19 rows; 2009-06-09 through 2024-10-02; source ID `msha-contested-violations`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Quarterly:** 1,193 rows; unknown through unknown; source ID `msha-contractor-production-quarterly`
- **Contractor Employment and Production — Yearly:** 297 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:** 180 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-08-31; 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:** 192 rows; 2002-11-20 through 2026-09-02; source ID `msha-personal-health-samples`
- **Violations:** 1,243 rows; 2000-01-25 through 2026-09-03; 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/grand-saline-operations-4101776`
- JSON: `/api/v1/mines/grand-saline-operations-4101776`
- Silica records, units, sample status and quarterly means: `/api/v1/mines/4101776/silica` (snapshot year by default; `?year=all` for history; `&format=csv` for all matching rows)
- Relationship JSON: `/api/v1/mines/4101776/relationships`
- MCP resource: `mine://4101776/assessment`
- Complete Title 30 corpus: `/data/title30-sections.json`