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Lowe Dirt Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Lowe Leon L & Toby
St Tammany County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600899

MSHA record for Lowe Dirt Pit (mine ID 1600899). 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
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Leon Lowe & Sons Inc 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Lowe Dirt Pit sits in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.7% 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.
St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana · Population 269,331
1.7%
Mining share of county employment
$79,277
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

1983 · 2 incidents

July 22, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal crane operator, mobile equipment operator (meo), dragline operator, dropball operator, rigger MACHINERY
Leon Lowe & Sons Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

OPERATOR SEATING IN OPERATOR\S SEAT CABLE NEAR OPERATOR SUDDENLY SNAPPED OPERATOR\S LEG RESULTING IN MINOR ABRASION. OPERATOR THOUGHT CABLE SEEMED TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION EARLIER & COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY ACCIDENT OPCCURRED.

February 22, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Leon Lowe & Sons Inc · Fall from machine

WHILE LEAVING CAB OF TRUCK FOOT SLIPPED OFF RUNNING BOARD AND EMPLOYEE STRUCK THE FUEL TANK FILLER CAP WITH COCCYX BONE.