Big River Dirt Pit Metal/Non-Metal
Big River Dirt Pit
· Surface
Controlled by
Moore Joseph
East Baton Rouge County,
LA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601082
MSHA record for Big River Dirt Pit (mine ID 1601082). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 0
- Years on record
- —
- Latest incident
- —
Ownership history
- Roy Anderson Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1986 to 1987
- Big River Dirt Pit 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Big River Dirt Pit sits in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% of county employment.
Local economic context
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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 reportable incidents on file.
MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.