A front-end fills a dump truck with salt at the Cargill salt mine last week. The mine, which was closed amid fears the roof could collapse, began resuming operations today.

According to investigative documents obtained by 3News Investigates, Sychla was troubleshooting a malfunctioning salt crusher underground. After resetting a breaker, he was driving away in a utility ...

Cargill Inc. is closing its historic salt mine in Avery Island, La., following a roof collapse there last month that left two miners dead. The Minnetonka-based agribusiness said Thursday the ...

The global food corporation Cargill said 16 employees were evacuated from its Avery Island salt mine following the roof collapse on Monday morning.

For Superintendent John Greuber, it's off to the Cargill salt mine every morning – 180 stories below ground. It's deeper than the Willis Tower is tall, including the antennas. Safety is a top ...

Rescued salt miners reach the surface after spending about 10 hours stuck hundreds of feet underground at the Cargill-owned Cayuga Salt Mine in Lansing, New York, Jan. 7, 2016. Still from pool video ...

One person is dead following an incident at Cargill's Cleveland salt mine, fire sources tell 3News. The Cuyahoga County medical examiner has identified the victim as 58-year-old Grzegorz Sychla ...

LANSING, N.Y. -- Cargill salt miners are back at work nearly two months after 17 employees had to be rescued from an elevator shaft.Officials say workers will spend the next several dats ...

The crane used to rescue 17 miners stuck in an elevator underground at the Cargill Salt Mine in Lansing, N.Y., is seen here, in a photo provided by the Ithaca Fire Department.

Federal inspectors have issued more than 50 safety citations this year at the Cargill salt mine in Iberia Parish, where a roof collapse early Monday morning stranded two miners.