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Independent Salt Company: 198 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Independent Salt Company is an active salt underground mine in Ellsworth County, Kansas, operated by Independent Salt Company with 60 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1400411). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 198 citations and orders there with $82,201 in proposed penalties, and 15 accident reports were filed there, with 15 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1400411
- Status
- Active since July 13, 1973
- Main commodity
- Salt
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Ellsworth County, Kansas
- Nearest town
- Kanopolis, KS 67454
- Operator
- Independent Salt Company
- Employees
- 60
- MSHA field office
- Topeka KS Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 198
- Significant and substantial
- 24 (12.1%)
- Closure orders
- 3
- High negligence or reckless
- 0
- Proposed penalties
- $82,201
- Amount paid so far
- $50,556
- Inspections
- 26
- Inspector hours on site
- 820
- Citations per inspection
- 7.62 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 15
- Injury and illness cases
- 15
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 2, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 9 ($5,367 proposed)
Citations and injury cases by year
Calendar years since 2022; 2026 runs to the date of the MSHA files.
| Year | Citations and orders | Significant and substantial | Proposed penalties | Injury and illness cases |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 | 0 | $2,416 | 3 |
| 2023 | 19 | 1 | $3,862 | 6 |
| 2024 | 78 | 14 | $32,268 | 3 |
| 2025 | 34 | 1 | $11,987 | 3 |
| 2026 | 49 | 8 | $31,668 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Independent Salt Company
Sections of Title 30 of the Code of Federal Regulations named on the citations, with the part each belongs to.
| Standard | What the part covers | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 18 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 14 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 57.14207 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 57.12030 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 57.14112 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 8 |
| 30 CFR 57.12028 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.4104 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.12008 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.4601 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.14107 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.12019 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.11012 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
Injury and illness cases at Independent Salt Company
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 9 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 6 |
What the accident reports at Independent Salt Company describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Slip or fall of person | 5 |
| Handling of materials | 3 |
| Powered haulage | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 2 |
| Occupational skin diseases | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Independent Salt Company
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Load-haul-dump | 2 |
| Pneumatic blasting agent loader | 2 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 2 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 1 |
| Bulldozer | 1 |
| Welding machine | 1 |
US government work, public domain. Counts come from the MSHA files published on November 6, 2026. An open mine is one MSHA lists as Active, Intermittent, New Mine, Temporarily Idled or NonProducing; 13,673 were open that day. Citations, penalties, inspections and accident reports run from January 1, 2022. A citation is an inspector's allegation and an operator can contest it; the penalty is the amount MSHA first proposed, before any contest or settlement. An operator is the legal entity MSHA assesses, and a parent company is its controller. Mines run by sole proprietors or by individuals are counted in every total and are not named. This page uses MSHA data and is not endorsed or certified by MSHA. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.