Mining Incidents

Pearl River Sand & Gravel (Pit #3): 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Texas Industries Inc
St Tammany County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601026

MSHA record for Pearl River Sand & Gravel (Pit #3) (mine ID 1601026). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
Mar 1988
Ownership history
  1. T L James & Company Inc 1982 to 1996
  2. Louisiana Industries 1996 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pearl River Sand & Gravel (Pit #3) 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

1988 · 1 incident