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Weeks Island Mine and Mill: 693 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Weeks Island Mine and Mill is an active salt underground mine in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, operated by Morton Salt Inc with 125 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 1600970). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 693 citations and orders there with $779,299 in proposed penalties, and 26 accident reports were filed there, with 20 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 1600970
- Status
- Active since July 5, 1983
- Main commodity
- Salt
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Iberia Parish, Louisiana
- Nearest town
- New Iberia
- Operator
- Morton Salt Inc
- Parent company
- Scih Salt Holdings, Inc
- Employees
- 125
- MSHA field office
- Broussard LA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 693
- Significant and substantial
- 157 (22.7%)
- Closure orders
- 94
- High negligence or reckless
- 72
- Proposed penalties
- $779,299
- Amount paid so far
- $635,747
- Inspections
- 191
- Inspector hours on site
- 3,820
- Citations per inspection
- 3.63 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 26
- Injury and illness cases
- 20
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 4, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 28 ($68,057 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 | 219 | 65 | $435,591 | 4 |
| 2023 | 130 | 34 | $103,111 | 6 |
| 2024 | 157 | 42 | $92,240 | 1 |
| 2025 | 72 | 9 | $57,565 | 6 |
| 2026 | 115 | 7 | $90,792 | 3 |
Standards cited most at Weeks Island Mine and Mill
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 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 118 |
| 30 CFR 57.14100 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 48 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 31 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 26 |
| 30 CFR 57.22304 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 22 |
| 30 CFR 57.12032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 57.12018 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 57.3360 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 17 |
| 30 CFR 57.12030 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 16 |
| 30 CFR 57.14107 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 15 |
| 30 CFR 57.20011 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 12 |
| 30 CFR 57.18002 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 57.4104 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
| 30 CFR 57.14109 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 10 |
Injury and illness cases at Weeks Island Mine and Mill
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 16 |
| No lost time, or an occupational illness | 4 |
What the accident reports at Weeks Island Mine and Mill describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Handling of materials | 7 |
| Slip or fall of person | 5 |
| Powered haulage | 3 |
| Other | 2 |
| Machinery | 2 |
| Fire | 2 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
| Inundation | 1 |
| Ignition or explosion of gas or dust | 1 |
| Exploding vessels under pressure | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Weeks Island Mine and Mill
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Pneumatic blasting agent loader | 2 |
| Carriage-mounted drills | 2 |
| Man lift | 2 |
| Pump | 1 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
| Forklift | 1 |
| Machine | 1 |
| Shovel | 1 |
| Crusher | 1 |
| Rock or roof bolting machine | 1 |
Other open mines in Iberia Parish, Louisiana
| Mine | Operator | County | Main commodity | Employees | Citations since 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cote Blanche Mine | Compass Minerals Louisiana Inc. | Iberia Parish, LA | Salt | 161 | 411 |
| New Iberia Plant | Cimbar Resources | Iberia Parish, LA | Barite barium ore | 22 | 18 |
| Legacy Aggregates LLC | Legacy Aggregates LLC | Iberia Parish, LA | Sand, common | 3 | 2 |
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.