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Morton Salt Fairport Mine: 132 MSHA citations
Updated November 6, 2026. Source: US Department of Labor, Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), Open Government Data Sets.
Morton Salt Fairport Mine is an active salt underground mine in Lake County, Ohio, operated by Morton Salt Inc with 109 employees on MSHA's record (mine ID 3301993). Since January 1, 2022 MSHA inspectors issued 132 citations and orders there with $23,103 in proposed penalties, and 67 accident reports were filed there, with 3 injury or illness cases.
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- MSHA mine ID
- 3301993
- Status
- Active since June 2, 1992
- Main commodity
- Salt
- Mine type
- Underground
- County
- Lake County, Ohio
- Nearest town
- Painesville
- Operator
- Morton Salt Inc
- Parent company
- Scih Salt Holdings, Inc
- Employees
- 109
- MSHA field office
- Warrendale PA Field Office
- Citations and orders since January 1, 2022
- 132
- Significant and substantial
- 2 (1.5%)
- Closure orders
- 2
- High negligence or reckless
- 2
- Proposed penalties
- $23,103
- Amount paid so far
- $23,103
- Inspections
- 33
- Inspector hours on site
- 1,330
- Citations per inspection
- 4.00 (all mines 2.30)
- Accident reports
- 67
- Injury and illness cases
- 3
- Fatalities
- 0
- Latest MSHA record
- November 3, 2026
- Citations issued to contractors here
- 3 ($441 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 | 31 | 1 | $5,703 | 1 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1 | $5,167 | 0 |
| 2024 | 26 | 0 | $4,891 | 0 |
| 2025 | 28 | 0 | $4,228 | 2 |
| 2026 | 21 | 0 | $3,114 | 0 |
Standards cited most at Morton Salt Fairport Mine
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 57.4201 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 11 |
| 30 CFR 57.14207 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 57.3200 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 9 |
| 30 CFR 57.14112 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 7 |
| 30 CFR 57.4104 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.12018 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.12004 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.20003 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 6 |
| 30 CFR 57.12030 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 5 |
| 30 CFR 57.12032 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 4 |
| 30 CFR 57.12028 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 47.41 | Hazard communication | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.14107 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.11001 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
| 30 CFR 57.8520 | Underground metal and nonmetal mines | 3 |
Injury and illness cases at Morton Salt Fairport Mine
Accident reports by degree of injury, as the operator reported them to MSHA.
| Degree | Cases |
|---|---|
| Days away from work or restricted activity | 3 |
What the accident reports at Morton Salt Fairport Mine describe
Accident classification, as MSHA codes the circumstances that contributed most directly.
| Classification | Reports |
|---|---|
| Hoisting | 60 |
| Handling of materials | 1 |
| Other | 1 |
| Handtools (nonpowered) | 1 |
| Inundation | 1 |
| Powered haulage | 1 |
| Fire | 1 |
| Electrical | 1 |
Equipment named in accident reports at Morton Salt Fairport Mine
| Equipment | Reports |
|---|---|
| Elevator | 60 |
| Hand tools (not powered) | 1 |
| Load-haul-dump | 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.