Mining Incidents

L & K Smith E B R: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Texas Industries Inc
East Baton Rouge County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600939

MSHA record for L & K Smith E B R (mine ID 1600939). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1985–1989
Latest incident
Feb 1989
Ownership history
  1. Red Stick Gravel Company 1979 to 1985
  2. Louisiana Industries 1985 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

L & K Smith E B R sits in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.7% 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.
East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana · Population 452,821
0.7%
Mining share of county employment
$63,075
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1989 · 1 incident

February 20, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer STRIKING OR BUMPING
Louisiana Industries · Struck against stationary object

EMPL WAS WALKING AROUND A GRAVEL DREDGE TO GET ON THE DOZER THE SUCTION OF THE DREDGE WAS UP AND EMPL RAN INTO IT

1985 · 1 incident

April 1, 1985 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Red Stick Gravel Company · Fall from ladders

EMPL CLIMBING DOWN LADDER OF PLANT AND HIS FOOT SLIPPED.