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New Orleans Grinding Plant: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Orleans County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600255

New Orleans Grinding Plant has had no fatalities among 4 reportable incidents since 1987.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1987–1991
Latest incident
Aug 1991
Ownership history
  1. Magcobar Minerals Division 1950 to 1987
  2. M-I Drilling Fluids Company 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1993 10
1992 15
1991 21
1990 21
1989 20
1988 21
1987 17
1986 20
1985 37
1984 40
1983 47
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

New Orleans Grinding Plant 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

4 on file

1991 · 2 incidents

August 2, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Contact with hot objects or substances

THE ROTARY DRYER SHUT DOWN DUE TO A POWER FAILURE. UPON RESTARTING, THE OPERATOR DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER PROCEDURES. THE RESULT WAS A FLASHBACK IGNITION WITH THE OPERATOR IN AN UNSAFE POSITION N EAR THE INSPECTION PORTS OF THE IGNITION CHAMBER. THE OPERATOR RECEIVED 1ST DEGREE BURNS ON THE FACE AND 2ND ON THE FOREARM.

January 11, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE HNADLING 100# SXS OF BARITE THE EMPLOYEE STRAINED A MUSCLE IN HIS LOWER BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

September 10, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck against stationary object

WHILE HOOKING UP 4" RUBBER HOSE TO 4" METAL PIPE EMPLOYEE STRUCK LEFT ELBOW ON 4" METAL PIPE CAUSING CONTUSION TO LEFT ELBOW.

1987 · 1 incident

August 5, 1987 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Struck by flying object

WHILE WORKING IN CRUSHER PIT CHANGING A TAIL PULLEY IDLER AND TAKE UP. TO DO THIS JOB HE WAS USING A HAMMER TO DRIVE BOLT OUT OF A PIECE OF RUSTED IRON. WHILE DOING THIS A PIECE OF RUSTED META L GOT INTO HIS RIGHT EYE.