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Pearl River Sand & Gravel (Pit #2): 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Texas Industries Inc
St Tammany County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601212

Pearl River Sand & Gravel (Pit #2) has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Mar 1995
Ownership history
  1. T L James & Company Inc 1990 to 1996
  2. Louisiana Industries 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1996 7
1995 9
1994 8
1993 6
1992 6
1991 5
1990 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Pearl River Sand & Gravel (Pit #2) 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

1 on file

1995 · 1 incident

March 2, 1995 LA · Metal/Non-Metal warehouseman, bagger, palletizer/stacker, store keeper, packager, fabricator, cleaning plant operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
T L James & Company Inc · Struck against stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS PUTTING A SCREEN ON PLANT #2 WHEN HE TURNED AROUND TO REACH FOR A HAMMER AND HIT ELBOW ON THE GUARD RAIL. ON 2-20-95, EMPLOYEE WAS CRANKING A MOTOR BY THE FUEL TANK WHEN HIS ARM C AME LOOSE & HE HIT THE SAME ELBOW ON A HANDRAIL