United Salt Carlsbad LLC safety activity
MSHA violations, accident reports and inspections across the current mine portfolio.
Safety activity
Safety defects; examination, correction and records.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.14100(b) · $267.00 proposed penalty
Site-specific hazard awareness training.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 46.11(b)(4) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $4,871.00 proposed penalty
Safety belts and lines.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.15005 · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $10,842.00 proposed penalty
Violation — cited standard not reported
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 2901042Machinery
CARLSBAD PLANT · 2901043No dys awy frm wrk,no rstr act
Accident narrative
Employee got a piece of debris in right eye. Employee was using an angle grinder to cut bolts from the broken elevator buckets in order to install new ones. They were wearing safety glasses. They said their eye was irritated but didn't think they needed medical attention. They reported the next morning, they wanted to go to urgent care. Urgent care physicians removed the debris.
Spot Inspection
CARLSBAD PLANT · 29010432.5 on-site hours reported
Handling of materials
CARLSBAD PLANT · 2901043Fatality
Accident narrative
The employee was pressure washing silo #6 and was found with their head and right arm in the silo with salt buildup on their head and right arm. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene.
Fatal Accident Investigation
CARLSBAD PLANT · 290104330.5 on-site hours reported
Violation — cited standard not reported
CARLSBAD PLANT · 2901043Handling of materials
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 2901042Dys awy frm wrk & restrctd act
Accident narrative
Employee was performing housekeeping, when they picked up a cardboard box with parts from the floor. The box weighed approx. 35 lbs., employee complaint of lower back pain. Employee was taken to the ER for an evaluation and was diagnosed with a lower back strain.
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104218.0 on-site hours reported
Regular Safety and Health Inspection
CARLSBAD PLANT · 290104318.0 on-site hours reported
Records of training.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 48.29(a) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Construction and maintenance of guards.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.14112(b) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,968.00 proposed penalty
Hand-held power tools.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.14116(a) · Significant and substantial (S&S) · $1,968.00 proposed penalty
Safety can use.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.4402 · $267.00 proposed penalty
Safe access.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.11001 · $398.00 proposed penalty
Spillage and leakage.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.4102 · $398.00 proposed penalty
Electrical conductors.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.12004 · $267.00 proposed penalty
Requirements for written safety program.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.23003(b) · $151.00 proposed penalty
Inspection and cover plates.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.12032 · $267.00 proposed penalty
Protection of gas cylinder valves.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.16006 · $267.00 proposed penalty
Spillage and leakage.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.4102 · $398.00 proposed penalty
Air receiver tanks.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.13011 · $398.00 proposed penalty
Containers for hazardous materials.
CARLSBAD LAKE PLANT · 290104230 CFR 56.16004 · $267.00 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.
Status is from the current MSHA Mines snapshot, not the selected reporting period. Closed records can retain their last reported controller/operator.
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.