Mining Incidents

Island Sand Company Incorporated Metal/Non-Metal

Island Sand Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Mar-Low Corp
Lafayette County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600350

MSHA record for Island Sand Company Incorporated (mine ID 1600350). 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. Island Sand Company 1950 to 1980
  2. Island Sand Company Inc 1980 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Island Sand Company Incorporated sits in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 5.5% 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.
Lafayette Parish, Louisiana · Population 245,075
5.5%
Mining share of county employment
$67,660
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.