Morton Salt mine flooding forces 77 layoffs in Lake County

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Salt is loaded into freight cars of the Grand River Railway from Morton Salt mine in Fairport Harbor in December 2016. Morton is laying off nearly 80 workers because of a water intrusion in the mine last week.

FAIRPORT HARBOR, Ohio — Morton Salt notified the state Monday that it intends to lay off 77 workers from its facility in Lake County after it was forced to halt operations last week because water entered the underground mine.



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