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Barite Plant No 1 Or No 2: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Chromalloy American Corp
Terrebonne County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600812

MSHA record for Barite Plant No 1 Or No 2 (mine ID 1600812). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983–1984
Latest incident
Mar 1984
Ownership history
  1. Chromalloy Mining & Milling 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Barite Plant No 1 Or No 2 sits in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 7.7% 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.
Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana · Population 107,362
7.7%
Mining share of county employment
$64,819
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1984 · 1 incident

March 7, 1984 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator OTHER
Chromalloy Mining & Milling · (Not Elsewhere Classified)

UNKNOWN .

1983 · 1 incident

May 18, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator POWERED HAULAGE
Chromalloy Mining & Milling · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

HE WAS TAKING BARITE BAGS FROM BAGGING CONVEYOR AND PUTTING THEM ON A PALLET A BAG BUSTED ON THE CONVEYOR WHICH HE REMOVED HE THEN WAS SIPING OFF LOOSE BARITE DUST FROM CONVEYOR APRON BY THE PULLEY HE PASSED HIS HAND TOO CLOSE TO THE CRACK BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR AND PULLEY CATCHING LEFT HAND BETWEEN THEM SPRAINING AND SCRAPED 4 FINGERS