Two employees are still unaccounted for at the Cargill Salt Mine at Avery Island, La., after a roof collapsed early in the morning of Dec. 14. The facility has been shut down while rescue operations, and an investigation, is underway. According to a statement from Cargill, local rescue workers and members of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) are on site. There were 18 employees on shift at the time. The other 16 have been evacuated without injuries. Shaft and gallery mines, such as the one of Avery Island, report directly to MSHA, part of the Department of Labor. Unlike surface or injection mines, there are no state or local agencies that monitor or control these sub-surface operations. (Source: Daily Iberian 12/14/20) Avery Island is about 10 miles west of New Iberia in south-central Louisiana. UPDATE: Daniel Sullivan, media relations director for Cargill Salt, released a statement to the media Dec.15 that one of the two miners missing was found deceased. No word on the second missing miner. UPDATE2: A second miner missing after a roof collapse at the Avery Island salt mine on Dec. 14 has been found dead, and both were identified by the Iberia Parish Coroner's Office Wednesday morning. Lance Begnaud II, 27, of Broussard, and Rene Romero Jr., 41, of New Iberia, died as a result of the roof collapse at the mine operated by Cargill Deicing Technologies. (Source: Daily Advertiser 12/16/20)
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