Mining Incidents

U.S. Sports Field Sand- Kentwood PlantMetal/Nonmetal

Kentwood, Tangipahoa County, LA · Active
MSHA Mine ID: 1601525
Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
2024
Latest incident
Jun 2024
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

2024 · 1 incident

Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

Employee removed access cover where sand is lifted using a vertical elevator, attempted to use a piece of rebar to poke at what the employee described as ""wet sand"" in an attempt to unclog the sand and allow it to pass through to the vertical elevator. While poking at the sand, the rebar contacted a section of the vertical elevator which casued the employee's hand to be pinched.