On Saturday, Oct. 22, the company evacuated miners at its Fairport Harbor location, stopped underground operations and notified authorities of the water in the mine, according to a release from Morton Salt.
Federal mine inspectors returned to the Morton Salt mine on Tuesday, Oct. 27, as investigators worked to determine what caused a major water intrusion and whether the mine can safely reopen.
A water intrusion at Morton Salt's Fairport Harbor mine has halted operations, triggered a federal investigation, and led to 77 layoffs, with the water source still unidentified.
Water intrusion at Morton Salt's underground Ohio mine has halted operations, raising concerns about mine stability and potential environmental impacts on Lake Erie and local groundwater.
A geologist says a catastrophic surface sinkhole or Lake Erie contamination from the Morton Salt mine water intrusion is unlikely, though the 1994 collapse of New York’s Retsof salt mine illustrates how serious such events can become.
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