Mining Incidents

Dredge St Charles: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by St Charles Dredging Corp
St Mary County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601246

MSHA record for Dredge St Charles (mine ID 1601246). 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
1993
Latest incident
Jun 1993
Ownership history
  1. Louisiana Dredging Company 1992 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Dredge St Charles sits in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 7.5% 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.
St. Mary Parish, Louisiana · Population 48,455
7.5%
Mining share of county employment
$51,768
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

1993 · 1 incident

June 19, 1993 LA · Metal/Non-Metal OTHER
Louisiana Dredging Company · Unclassified, insufficient data

EMPLOYEE WAS HELPING TO REPAIR SPUD WINCH WHEN HE OEVEREXERTED AND BECAME DIZZY.