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Morton Salt Fairport Mine safety activity

MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections.

2025-01-01 – 2026-10-28Database snapshot · 2026-10-28

Safety activity

  1. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220262860057

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    Hoist operator couldn't get the production hoist to move making it unavailable for travel.

  2. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220262860058

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    Smoke was observed coming from the West motor in the production hoist house. Management decided to evacuate and shut the hoist down for inspection.

  3. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220262570016

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    Power lost due to storms causing the production hoist to be unavailable.

  4. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220262160013

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    NDT results indicated the service hoist ropes met retirement criteria.

  5. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220262090007

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    Electrical connection to the hoist failed causing the hoist to be inoperable.

  6. Verbal Hazard Complaint Inspections

    inspectionRecord F02FBCC

    3.8 on-site hours reported

  7. Maximum riders in a conveyance.

    violationRecord 5078290

    30 CFR 57.19066 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  8. Two-way communication equipment for underground operations.

    violationRecord 5076039

    30 CFR 57.20032 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  9. Parking procedures for unattended equipment.

    violationRecord 5076038

    30 CFR 57.14207 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  10. Housekeeping.

    violationRecord 5076037

    30 CFR 57.20003(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  11. Controls and switches.

    violationRecord 5076036

    30 CFR 57.12002 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  12. Combustible waste.

    violationRecord 5076035

    30 CFR 57.4104(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  13. Correction of dangerous conditions.

    violationRecord 5076034

    30 CFR 57.12030 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  14. Combustible waste.

    violationRecord 5076033

    30 CFR 57.4104(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  15. Correction of hazardous conditions.

    violationRecord 5076032

    30 CFR 57.3200 · $245.00 proposed penalty

  16. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220261890031

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    Utility power outage caused the production hoist to be unavailable.

  17. Regular Safety and Health Inspection

    inspectionRecord F02FBCB

    73.0 on-site hours reported

  18. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220261890030

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    Utility power outage caused the production hoist to be unavailable.

  19. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220261770007

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    The hoist operator reported the hoist was inoperable.

  20. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220261400002

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    While operating hoist in automatic mode, the hoist stopped and the operator couldn't get the hoist to move.

  21. Hoisting

    accidentRecord 220261100010

    Accident only

    Accident narrative

    While performing rope NDT, rope met retirement criteria.

  22. Underground self-propelled equipment.

    violationRecord 5076002

    30 CFR 57.4260(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty

  23. Regular Safety and Health Inspection

    inspectionRecord F02FBBC

    49.3 on-site hours reported

  24. Correction of hazardous conditions.

    violationRecord 5076001

    30 CFR 57.3200 · $151.00 proposed penalty

  25. Temporary, portable containers.

    violationRecord 5070600

    30 CFR 47.44(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty

Sources and definitions

MSHA Violations (issue date), Accidents (accident date) and Inspections (begin date).

Violation titles use current CFR headings to identify the cited rule; they are not the inspector’s account of what happened.

Counts describe published rows, including contractor records; accident records are not distinct incidents or numbers of people injured.

Zero means no matching records in the imported sources, not proof of no events. Historical coverage differs by source; absence before a source begins reporting is not a zero incident rate. Invalid or absent dates and records after the snapshot are excluded.

S&S means SIG_SUB=Y. Fatality records use DEGREE_INJURY_CD=01. Proposed penalties are not final assessed or paid amounts; missing dollar values are omitted.

Inspection hours are SUM_TOTAL_ON_SITE_HOURS attributed to the inspection start date, without supervisor/trainee hours. Missing hours are omitted; a started inspection may still be open.

Portfolio totals use current mine membership, including events before the current owner or operator's tenure.