Mining Incidents

Chaney Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jones Michael T
East Feliciana County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600483

Chaney Plant has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1983.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Feb 1983
Ownership history
  1. Thomas Sand & Gravel Company Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1985 0
1984 3
1983 3
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Chaney Plant sits in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.3% 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 Feliciana Parish, Louisiana · Population 19,378
0.3%
Mining share of county employment
$72,899
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

February 17, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Thomas Sand & Gravel Company Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WAS SCREWING IMPELLAR BOLT ON THE HUB AND WAS BUMPING THE WRENCH. IT SLIPPED AND HIT LEFT LEG ON THE SHIN. IT DID NOT SWELL OR HURT UNTIL THREE DAYS LATER.