Mining Incidents

AMBACO: 5 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

American Barite Corp · Facility
Controlled by Benhaim Raphael
St Mary County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601190

MSHA record for AMBACO (mine ID 1601190). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
5
Years on record
1990–1996
Latest incident
Mar 1996
Ownership history
  1. American Barite Corp 1989 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

AMBACO sits in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
St. Mary Parish, Louisiana · Population 48,455
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$51,768
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

5 on file

1996 · 1 incident

March 3, 1996 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Barite Corp · Struck by falling object

WORKING ON FAN BLADE AND SHAFT FAN. SHAFT FAN WAS SUSPENDED COMALONG. EMPLOYEE PUSHED ON FAN. FALL FELL AND PUSHED EMPLOYEE BACK AND HE FELL BETWEEN FAN AND COVER.

1993 · 1 incident

March 5, 1993 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Barite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING 100# BAGS OF BARITE AND HE INJURED HIS SHOULDER NECK AREA.

1990 · 3 incidents

September 26, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDLING OF MATERIALS
American Barite Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS CARRYING A SHEET OF EXPANDING METAL AND HE PULLED A MUSCLE IN THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS CHEST.

June 25, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
American Barite Corp · Fall from machine

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE SKID OF THE MILL,ABOUT 2 FEET OFF THE GROUND,PULLING ON A WRENCH.THE WRENCH CAME OFF,CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO FALL BACKWARDS ONTO THE CONCRETE FLOOR,INJURING HIS BACK.

June 10, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
American Barite Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS SITTING ON WHEEL LOADER,WAITING AND HE HAD HIS FEET HANGING OVER THE FRONT EDGE OF THE FOOT REST.BUCKET CAME DOWN AND MASHED THE INSTEP AREA OF BOTH FEET,BETWEEN THE BUCKET AND TH E OUTER EDGE OF FOOT REST.DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT WAS FOR CONTUSION OF BOTH FEET WITH SEVERE SOFT TISSUE INJURY.