Mining Incidents

NEW ORLEANS GRINDING PLANT Metal/Non-Metal

Baker Hughes Inteq · Facility
Controlled by Baker Hughes Inc
Orleans County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600256

NEW ORLEANS GRINDING PLANT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
27
Years on record
1983–1999
Latest incident
Apr 1999
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
12
citations
6
significant & substantial
$6,977
proposed penalties
$6,977
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
3
inspections on record
25
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 25 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

NEW ORLEANS GRINDING PLANT has $7K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$7K
proposed penalties
$7K
current assessed
$7K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
10 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2000-06-06.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q3 48 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 4,163 12 6 2882.5
2000 Q1 8,124 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

27 on file

1999 · 1 incident

April 9, 1999 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baker Hughes Inteq · Fall to the walkway or working surface

EE STEPPED OFF PLATFORM 8" ELEVATION AND BEINGER WALKING ON CONCRETE FLOOR OBSTRUCTED WITH 100 LB. BARITE SACKS. EE TWISTED AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE AS HE ATTEMPTED TO WALK OVER OBSTRUCTION .

1998 · 3 incidents

July 18, 1998 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baker Hughes Inteq · Fall from machine

STEPING OFF #4 CONVEYOR TRIPPED & FELL ON GROUNDON RIGHT SHOULDER RIGHT SHOULDER SORE

June 22, 1998 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck by falling object

HIT LIGHT FIXTURE WHEN LETTING DOWN GEAR BOX. THE LIGHT FELL DOWN HITTING HIS LEFT ARM.

May 4, 1998 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck by flying object

TIED ROPE TO PIPE ON BARGE TO MOVE IT UP & KNOT SLIPPED HITTING LEFT KNEE.

1997 · 2 incidents

October 30, 1997 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck against stationary object

WHILE BAGGING MISSED THE BAG SPOUT AND STRUCK THE SPOUT WITH HIS RIGHT THUMB. LACEATION TO RIGHT THUMB 3 STITCHES.

May 9, 1997 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck by falling object

A PUMP WAS ON A FORKLIFT AND HE WAS WELDING LEG ON THE PUMP STAND AFTER TACKING 1 LEG ON THE STAND. IT FELL OFF THE FORK LIFT AND BRUISED HIS LEFT LEG.

1995 · 1 incident

June 23, 1995 LA · Metal/Non-Metal welder (shop) HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck by flying object

MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL WERE DISMOUNTING AMILL JOURNAL WITH A KNOCK OFF WRENCH. A PARTICLE OF STEEL FROM THE HAMEMR SPLINTERED OFF AND EMBEDDED IN TEH INJURED EMPLOYEE'S LEG. HE WAS BYSTANDE R. HE WENT TO THE DR THREE DAYS LATER ON 6-26-95.

1994 · 1 incident

July 15, 1994 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Inhalation of radiations, caustics, toxic and noxious substances

EE WAS CUTTING AND WELDING SCRAP METAL. HE WAS OUTDOORS WITH A FAN BLOWING ON OR AWAY FROM HIM. HE APPARENTLY INJAL;ED WELDING FUMES. HE BECAME ILL AT HOME AND GOT MEDICAL ATTENTION.

1992 · 1 incident

March 31, 1992 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVED A BRIDGE OF MATERIAL WITH AN AIR PIPE THE MATERIAL CAME LOOSE & FORCED THE PIPE INTO THE MILL FEEDER CAUSING HIS HAND TO BE CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DOOR ON THE FE EDER & THE PIPE

1991 · 5 incidents

June 20, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Baker Hughes Inteq · Fall from ladders

WHILE DESCENDING #2 MILL LADDER AFTER CLEANING MILL FEEDER. MAN SLIPPED ON LADDER RUNG. RIGHT FOOT LANDED HEAVILY ON NEXT RUNG DOWN.

May 13, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE MOVING #11 SCREW GEAR BOX BY BAGGING MACHINE, EMPLOYEE STATES HE TWISTED HIS BACK.

May 13, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

AFTER REPLACING MILL SIDE DOOR SECTION EMPLOYEE DEELOPED ACHE IN NECK & LOWER BACK OF HEAD

March 15, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech MACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE REMOVING PLOW FROM #1 MILL, CHAIN SLING WAS ATTACHED TO PLOW. EMPLOYEE HIT UP BUTTON ON ELECTRIC HOIST TO PUT TENSION ON CHAIN. BUTTON APPARENTLY STUCK IN UP POSITION. CHAIN BROKE AND SW UNG, ONE END HIT EMPLOYEE ON 1ST FINGER LEFT HAND.

March 6, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck by falling object

WHILE CLEANING MILL FEEDER INSET, ROCK FELL AND HIT LEFT HAND. LUMP DEVELOPED WITHIN 2 WEEKS.

1990 · 1 incident

July 5, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Over-exertion in lifting objects

WHILE STACKING 100# BAGS FROM A BAGGING MACHINE CONVEYOR ONTO A PALLET, EMPLOYEE SENSED SOME DISCOMFORT IN GROIN. ABOUT 9:30 A.M. HE CONTINUED TO WORK WITHOUT REPORTING THIS UNTIL 12:00 NOON. WHENHE REPORTED DISCOMFORT TO SUPERVISOR. MAN WAS ALLOWED TO GO HOM AND REST.

1989 · 5 incidents

November 7, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

ATTEMPTING TO GUAGE OR MEASURE NUMBER OF FEET OF BARIUM SULPHATE IN THE 100 TON TANK,PRESSURIZED TYPE STORAGE BIN.

October 13, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck against stationary object

WHILE WALKING FROM LOADER TO MILL BUILDING STEPPED ON NAIL CAUSING PUNTURE OF LEFT FOOT.

September 20, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baker Hughes Inteq · Rubbed or abraded

WHILE DIGGING WITH HAND SHOVEL SHOVEL HAD LARGE CONSTRUCTION SIZE STAPLE AT TOP OF SHOVEL HANDLE ON TOP ROUNDED PART CAUSED BLISTER PALM OF R HAND WHICH LATER BECAME INFLAMED CAUSING PAIN IN F INGERS AND DOWN ARM

June 30, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor MACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS INSTALLING NEW SCREW CONVEYOR ON TOP OF 4 TANKS. WHILE SLINGS WERE SLACK ON SCREW & STILL ON HOOK OF CRANE SCREW SLIPPED OFF FRAMING Y MOVED SOME SHORT DISTAND 6" TO 20" MAN INSTINCTIV ELY TRIED TO HOLD SCREW WITH LEFT HAND. THIS RESSULTED IN STRAINED TISSUES.

April 3, 1989 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck against stationary object

ATTEMP TO OPEN WINDOW PUSHED AND THRU GLASS LE. HAND ON WINDO HANDLE AND R HAND ON GLASS PUSHED R;. HAND THRU GLASS CUTTING R. HAND RING FINGER. TOP JOINT PALM SIDE.

1988 · 3 incidents

December 28, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Baker Hughes Inteq · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

MAN WAS ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE ROCK FROM UNDER RETURN SIDE OF CONVEYOR BELT. ANOTHER ROCK FELL & HIT ROCK BEING REMOVED. ROCK ROLLED OVER & WAS MOVED BY RETURN SIDE OF BELT. MAN'S FINGER WAS BETWEEN ROCK & GROUND. CONVEYOR WAS RUNNING.

October 17, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor POWERED HAULAGE
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck against a moving object

MAN WAS WORKING ON POWER CLIMBER WHEN CABLE BROKE ON POWER CLIMBER HE WAS ON AND FELL SOM 22 FEET TO 2( FEET WITH POWER CLIMBER TO GROUND POWER CLIMBER WAS ON SIDE OF TANK CABLE FASTENED TO TO P OF TANK AND TO POWER CLIMBER NO SAFETY LINE SECURED TO CLIMBER

May 5, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal belt foreman, maintenance foreman, maintenance supervisor HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baker Hughes Inteq · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects

SWINGING HAMMER TO HIT ELEVATOR BUCKET TO CLEAN IT.MISSED WHEN HAMMER STRUCK SOMETHING ELSE HAMMER PULLED WRIST AND RESULTED IN STRAIN.

1987 · 1 incident

December 14, 1987 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baker Hughes Inteq · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

WHILE PLACING 6" PIPE IN POSITION WITH BLOCAT TACKLE-STRAINED BACK.

1986 · 1 incident

November 11, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baker Hughes Inteq · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

BRUISED & ABRAD9D LEFT THUMB. CRUSHER CHOKED AND MAN WAS CLEARING WITH A BAR. JAMMED THUMB BETWEEN BAR AND CRUSHER.

1984 · 1 incident

December 21, 1984 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Baker Hughes Inteq · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

MAN WAS INSTALLING TAIL SPROCKET ON ELEVATOR #5 SPROCKET WAS BEING POSITIONED TO INSTALL TAIL SHAFT SPROCKET SLIPPED AND H IT MAN ON MIDDLE FINGER OF RT HAND CATCHING FINGER BETWEEN SPROCKET A AND BOTTOM OF ELEVATOR CASING OPENING

1983 · 1 incident

March 29, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator MACHINERY
Baker Hughes Inteq · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS STANDING ON THE #2 MILL RETURN HOUSING BY DRIVE SIDE OF MILL FEEDER WHEN THE #60 FEEDER CHAIN BROKE, HE TURNED FEEDER SWITCH OFF AND TURNED AROUD GRABBING THE CHAIN WITH HIS RIG HT HAND BEFORE FEEDER DRIVE STOPPED TURNING. HIS RIGHT HAND, MIDDLE FINGER (END TIP) WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE DRIVE CHAIN AND THE FEEDER SPAROCKET.

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