Mining Incidents

Colfax Plant Metal/Non-Metal

Tri Star Industries Inc · Surface
Controlled by Lutes Billy G Ii
Rapides County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601107

MSHA record for Colfax Plant (mine ID 1601107). 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
  1. B G Lutes & Son Company Inc 1986 to 1988
  2. Tri Star Industries Inc 1988 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Colfax Plant sits in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Rapides Parish, Louisiana · Population 128,470
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$55,946
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.