Bodies of two missing miners recovered soon after salt mine roof collapse in Louisiana

The bodies of two missing miners were recovered immediately after a salt mine roof collapsed in Louisiana, the mine’s operator declared Wednesday.

Cargill, the food items production corporation, produced a assertion declaring the entire body of the 2nd missing miner was identified Tuesday night after they were killed in Monday’s roof collapse of the Avery Island mine.

The organization documented before Tuesday that responders had recovered the system of the other lacking miner who was also killed in the incident.

“Our hearts are broken for our colleagues and their families,” Cargill said in a assertion. “To respect their privacy, we will not be sharing more information about the staff at this time. We proceed to present equally family members aid and prolong our deepest condolences for their reduction.”

The Avery Island salt mine’s roof collapsed as 18 staff ended up functioning Monday early morning. Sixteen of all those personnel evacuated and did not have accidents, but Cargill documented two miners were unaccounted for. 

Cargill mentioned the company is investigating in partnership with the Mine and Safety Administration “to better recognize what induced the incident.” 

“We are committed to finding out from this tragedy and continue being unwavering in our determination to protected functions,” its assertion examine.

The Acadiana Advocate claimed Monday that Mine Basic safety and Health Administration information indicated that federal inspectors issued more than 50 citations this calendar year for the salt mine. Cargill, which operates three mines in the U.S., was cited for most of all those violations. 

In an previously assertion, Cargill denied the violations were being connected to the roof collapse.  

“Whilst we are continue to investigating the bring about of today’s roof collapse, there is no indicator it is associated to the inspection concerns identified in the latest MSHA citations,” its assertion claimed.