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Lafayette Wash Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Triple M Mining Corp · Facility
Controlled by Moodie Boyce
Crittenden County, KY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1516961

Lafayette Wash Plant has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1990.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1990
Latest incident
Aug 1990
Ownership history
  1. Triple M Mining Corp 1990 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 20
1990 17
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Lafayette Wash Plant sits in Crittenden County, Kentucky, where the Census mining category is 6.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ 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.
Crittenden County, Kentucky · Population 8,972
6.2%
Mining share of county employment
$47,003
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1990 · 1 incident

August 29, 1990 KY · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Triple M Mining Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

HE LEANED OVER TO GET A ROCK OUT FROM BETWEEN A MOVING CONVEYOR BELT.LOST HIS BALANCE FELL IN BETWEN BELT A TAIL ROLLER.