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  • Rescue workers searching for two employees after mine collapse (Avery Island LA)

    12/14/2020 8:46:40 PM PST · by texas booster · 31 replies
    The Daily Iberian ^ | Dec 14, 2020 | Dwayne Fatheree
    Two employees are still unaccounted for at the Cargill Salt Mine at Avery Island after a roof collapse in the mine early Monday morning. The facility has been shut down while rescue operations and an investigation into the incident are underway. According to a statement from the company, local rescue workers and members of the federal Mine Safety and Health Administration are on site. There were 18 employees on shift at the time of the collapse. The other 16 employees have been evacuated without any reported injuries.
  • Avery Island, Louisiana - On salt dome "island," Tabasco plant was safe from Rita's floods

    09/28/2005 7:42:52 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 52 replies · 3,227+ views
    Associated Press ^ | September 28, 2005
    AVERY ISLAND, La. (AP) — On a salt dome that rises from the Cajun flatlands like an island from the sea, the plant which makes Tabasco sauce was safe from floods caused by Hurricane Rita. And it had enough stock on hand to ship out until the factory regained power. Many of its workers weren't as lucky. "We've got a lot of employees that live in Delcambre and Erath and Lydia and low-lying areas around Avery Island," Paul McIlhenny, chief executive of McIlhenny Co., said Wednesday. [snip] Power had been out since Friday night, when the storm was still offshore....