Mining Incidents

Dredge Kenner: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George Douglass Jr
Orleans County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600519

MSHA record for Dredge Kenner (mine ID 1600519). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1984
Latest incident
Jun 1984
Ownership history
  1. Pontchartrain Dredging Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dredge Kenner sits in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.5% 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.
Orleans Parish, Louisiana · Population 376,035
0.5%
Mining share of county employment
$55,339
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

1984 · 1 incident

June 2, 1984 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand POWERED HAULAGE
Pontchartrain Dredging Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MATERIAL BARGE WAS MOVING BACK ALONG DREDGE WHEN LINE SLIPPED OFF OF LEVEL ON BARGE. LINE HIT EMPLOYEE ON LEFT KNEE KNOCKING HIM TO THE DECK. HELANDED ON HIS RIGHT HAND & ARM