NEWS RELEASE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 13, 2008
Alexandria, VA… (March 13)… The salt industry reduced lost time injuries in 2007 by 55% to the lowest rate in its history, but “further investment in safety improvements will reap even more benefits,” according to the industry’s trade association, the Salt Institute. The Institute reported a 0.25 lost time rate, better than its previous record in 2005 at 0.40.
The Institute also recognized The Canadian Salt Company (Pointe Claire, QC) as the safest large salt producer, Detroit Salt Company (Detroit, MI) for the least injury accidents and United Salt Company (Houston, TX) for the lowest injury severity rate among North American salt producers in 2007.
Individual facilities were recognized as well. Best incidence records were achieved by Morton Salt’s Manistee, MI evap plant, Detroit Salt's Detroit, MI mine and Morton Salt’s Newark, CA processing plant. Morton Salt’s terminals and warehouses won top honors. Regarding severity, the industry standard was set once again by Morton Salt's Rittman, OH salt refinery (owner of the industry's historic best safety record: 7.2 million consecutive safe work-hours), Canadian Salt's Ojibway mine in Windsor, Ontario and Cargill Salt's Watkins Glen, NY salt refinery. Cargill Salt was honored for achieving the industry’s lowest severity rate for terminals and warehouses.
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