Mining Incidents

Dredge Maurepas: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by George Douglass Jr
Orleans County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600518

MSHA record for Dredge Maurepas (mine ID 1600518). 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 Maurepas 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 4, 1984 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Pontchartrain Dredging Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE STEPPED OUT OF ENGINE ROOM SIDE DOOR ONTO PORT SIDE DOCK AT THE TIME THE LINE SECURING THE BARGE TO THE DREDGE BROKE THE END OF THE LINE STRUCK HIM ON THE RIGHT LEG