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New Orleans Grinding Plant Metal/Non-Metal

M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Facility

Controlled by Dresser Industries Inc; Halliburton Co

Orleans County, LA · Abandoned

MSHA Mine ID: 1600255

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Fatalities: 0
Total incidents: 4
Years on record: 1987–1991
Latest incident: Aug 1991

No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST

M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE ROTARY DRYER SHUT DOWN DUE TO A POWER FAILURE. UPON RESTARTING, THE OPERATOR DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES. THE RESULT WAS A FLASHBACK IGNITION WITH THE OPERATOR IN AN UNSAFE POSITION N EAR THE INSPECTION PORTS OF THE IGNITION CHAMBER. THE OPERATOR RECEIVED 1ST DEGREE BURNS ON THE FACE AND 2ND ON THE FOREARM.

January 11, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HNADLING 100# SXS OF BARITE THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

September 10, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS

M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE HOOKING UP 4" RUBBER HOSE TO 4" METAL PIPE EMPLOYEE STRUCK LEFT ELBOW ON 4" METAL PIPE CAUSING CONTUSION TO LEFT ELBOW.

1987 · 1 incident

August 5, 1987 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)

M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE WORKING IN CRUSHER PIT CHANGING A TAIL PULLEY IDLER AND TAKE UP. TO DO THIS JOB HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE BOLT OUT OF A PIECE OF RUSTED IRON. WHILE DOING THIS A PIECE OF RUSTED META L GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.