Mining Incidents

Baton Rouge Alumina & Chemical: 10 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

East Baton Rouge County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600222

MSHA record for Baton Rouge Alumina & Chemical (mine ID 1600222). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
10
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Oct 1983
Ownership history
  1. Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Baton Rouge Alumina & Chemical sits in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana · Population 452,821
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$63,075
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

10 on file

1983 · 10 incidents

October 9, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Caught in, under or between (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS ATTEMPTING TO OPEN HAMMER SLIDE GATE VALVE HE MASHED HIS FINGER BETWEEN MAUL HANDLE AND SUPPORT BEAM

September 16, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Fall onto or against objects

EMPLOYEE STEPPED ON SLIPPERY AREA AND FELL INTO A LIFT TRUCK.

August 22, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE ATEMPTED TO MOVE A SHAFT WITH A PRY BAR WHILE STANDING ON A PILE OF BELTING THE BAR SLIPPED CAUSING A PULLED MUSCLE IN SHOULDER.

May 1, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Struck by flying object

EMPL TRIED TO STOP A WIND-MILLING FAN FROM TURNING BY CATCHING IT WITH PIPE WRENCH AND WRENCH EITHER SLIPPED OR WAS THROWN FROM SHAFT,STRIKING EMPL ON RIGHT THIGH.

April 21, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal assayer, geologist, metallurgist, engineer, engineer management SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING FROM ONE SIDE OF THE BARGE TO OTHER AND TRIPPED ON A COILED FLEET WIRE FALLING AND HITTING HIS MOUTH.

March 14, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE PULLING PLUGS IN THE TRAYS ONE OF THE PLUGS WAS HARD TO REMOVE AND EMPLOYEE LEANED OVER AND PULLED AT THE PLUG WHEN SOMETHING PULLED IN EMPLOYEES CHEST

February 17, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Struck by falling object

EMPLOYEE WAS HOLDING THE TONGUE OF A COMPRESSOR TRAILER APPROX. 3\ OFF THE GROUND COWORKER WAS BACKING A FORLIFT TRUCK INTO POSITION TO MOVE. HANDLE BROKE FROM TONGUE. THE TONGUE FELL ON EMPLO YEE\S LEFT FOOT.

February 1, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EE WAS TRYING TO SEPERATE A METAL PLATE FROM THE BALL MILL THAT HAD WELDED BY USING A WEDGE & A MAUL. A SLIVER BROKE OFF OF THE PLATE PENETRATED EE\S RIGHT SHIN.

January 18, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CRANE BOOM ON NORTH GANTRY WAS RAISED 10 DEGREES FOR MAINTAINANCE TO CHANGE CABLE.WHEN BOOM IS IN RAISED POSITION,IT CREATES A 10-12INCH OPENING BETWEEN BOOM AND CATWALK.EMPL STEPPED INTO THE OPENING AND SUSTAINED CONTUSIONS AND LACERATIONS TO SHIN.