Mining Incidents

Cargill SaltOperator

Controlled by Cargill Inc
MSHA Operator ID: L00028
Fatalities
4
Total incidents
637
Mines on record
3
Years on record
2000–2026

Safety benchmark

Recorded fatalities relative to other operators with a fatal MSHA history. Percentile is computed across the 739 operators with at least one recorded fatality.

Fatality-count percentile
94th

More recorded fatalities than 94% of operators on file.

Rank
#37of 739

Position when operators are sorted by recorded fatalities.

Vs industry mean
2.5×

Industry mean: 1.6 fatalities per fatal-history operator.

This operator
4
Industry mean
1.6
Industry median
1
Peers at similar incident volume

Methodology: percentile and rank computed across MSHA operators with at least one recorded fatality. Industry mean is the average across that same population. Peers are sampled by closest total-incident count, regardless of fatality outcome.

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Top causes

  • FALL OF ROOF OR BACK2 fatalities · 9 non-fatal
  • POWERED HAULAGE1 fatality · 27 non-fatal
  • FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS1 fatality · 3 non-fatal
  • HOISTING372 non-fatal
  • HANDLING OF MATERIALS69 non-fatal
  • HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)36 non-fatal

Incident timeline

2026
5
2025
22
2024
24 (1f)
2023
33
2022
42
2021
22
2020
33 (2f)
2019
24
2018
23
2017
29
2016
26
2015
23
2014
32
2013
26
2012
16
2011
21
2010
33 (1f)
2009
27
2008
35
2007
26
2006
20
2005
26
2004
17
2003
22
2002
6
2001
14
2000
10

Mines on record

Fatalities under this operator

4 recorded
Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

A loader bucket on a CAT R3000H came down and crushed an employee while in use, resulting in a fatality. The injured employee was operating a UTV (gator) in Unit 43 near the feeder breaker (Stamler) when the incident occurred. This incident is still under investigation.

Struck by falling object

Roof fell at the 700' level at intersection H-13 striking two miners. The miners were fatally injured.

Struck by falling object

Roof fell at the 700' level at intersection H-13 striking two miners. The miners were fatally injured.

Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings

Employee was in dump truck waiting to be loaded with bulk salt from under 150 ton bin to transfer it to the stockpile pad on Cargill Deicing property. He was being loaded with salt when the brackets from the bin gave way and landed on the cab of his truck pinning him inside.