Mining Incidents

Crichton Pit: 3 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Hanson PLC
Webster County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601071

MSHA record for Crichton Pit (mine ID 1601071). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1986
Latest incident
Sep 1986
Ownership history
  1. Gifford-Hill & Company 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Crichton Pit sits in Webster Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 5.6% 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.
Webster Parish, Louisiana · Population 36,189
5.6%
Mining share of county employment
$37,396
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1986 · 3 incidents

September 3, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Gifford-Hill & Company · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

EMPLOYEE WAS PU5LING ON A WATER PIPE AND SUBSEQUENTLY STRAINED HIS BACK.

July 12, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver MACHINERY
Gifford-Hill & Company · Struck against a moving object

EMPL DRIVING EU7LID IT BECAME STUCK IN MUD,ANOTHER EMPL I.NAME ASSISTED IN GETTING HIM UNSTUCK BY HOOKING WINCH CABLE ONTO EUCLID AND PULLING HIM OUT WITH DOZER,CABLE BROKE CAUSING EUCLID TO J UMP BACKWARDS C5USING I.NAME TO STRIKE HEAD ON JUARD RAIL.

July 7, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal superintendent SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Gifford-Hill & Company · Fall onto or against objects

WHILE WORKING O3 A WATE RPUMP, EMPLOYEE SLIPPED OFF SUCTION HOSE ON PUMP STRIKING HIS HEAD ON A LOG AND HIS LEFT LEG ON A PIPE ON THE WATER PUMP.