Mines in Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Iberia Parish, Louisiana has 12 mines on MSHA's register: 4 active, 8 abandoned. 10 miners have died and 1,229 accidents have been reported at these mines between 1983 and 2026. Inspectors have issued 6,468 citations.
Every mine MSHA has registered in Iberia Parish, working or not, with the accident, fatality and citation record each one carries on this site. Active mines are listed first, then the rest by the weight of their record.
- Mines on register
- 12
- Active
- 4
- Fatalities on record
- 10
- Citations issued
- 6,468
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County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.Mines plot only where MSHA holds a surveyed coordinate for the site; mines the agency locates to a town, county or state centroid are in the counts and the list above but not drawn. Click a point for the mine's status and record.
| Operator | Mines | Active | Fatalities |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Crystal Salt Company | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Compass Minerals Louisiana Inc. | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Cargill Deicing Technology | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Morton Salt Inc | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cimbar Resources, Inc | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Akzo Salt Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Blast Abrasives Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Carbo Ceramics Inc | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Legacy Aggregates LLC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Morton Salt Division | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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Weeks Island Mine and MillActive 2 fatal 2,756 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Morton Salt Inc · MSHA ID 1600970
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Cote Blanche MineActive 4 fatal 2,255 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Compass Minerals Louisiana Inc. · MSHA ID 1600358
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New Iberia PlantActive 1 fatal 138 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Cimbar Resources, Inc · MSHA ID 1601302
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Legacy Aggregates LLCActive 0 fatal 2 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Legacy Aggregates LLC · MSHA ID 1601622
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AVERY ISLANDAbandoned 3 fatal 1,217 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Cargill Deicing Technology · MSHA ID 1600509
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NEW IBERIA PLANTAbandoned 0 fatal 100 citationsSurface metal/non-metal · Carbo Ceramics Inc · MSHA ID 1600995
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Avery Island MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Akzo Salt Inc · MSHA ID 1600238
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Jefferson Island MineAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Diamond Crystal Salt Company · MSHA ID 1600240
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Jefferson Island PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Diamond Crystal Salt Company · MSHA ID 1600508
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MORTON SALT CO. MARKEL MINEAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · Morton Salt Division · MSHA ID 1600512
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New Iberia PlantAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsFacility metal/non-metal · Blast Abrasives Inc · MSHA ID 1601006
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Weeks Island Storage ComplexAbandoned 0 fatal 0 citationsUnderground metal/non-metal · U S Department Of Energy · MSHA ID 1600239
Status, type and operator are as reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts are MSHA's reportable accident records for the mine; citations are inspector-issued violations on record. Each mine's own page carries the full detail.
The register is MSHA's Mine Data Retrieval System: every operation ever assigned a mine ID, including ones abandoned decades ago, so the count is a history of mining in the county, not a count of working mines. A mine's county is the one its operator reported to MSHA. Fatality and accident counts start with MSHA's reportable-accident records (1983 onward); citation counts are inspector-issued violations on record. We are an independent research tool, not MSHA.