Mining Incidents

Pelican #1: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

St Helena County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601052

MSHA record for Pelican #1 (mine ID 1601052). 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
1986
Latest incident
Feb 1986
Ownership history
  1. Pelican Gravel Company Inc 1984 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Pelican #1 sits in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 2.1% 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. Helena Parish, Louisiana · Population 10,849
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$50,193
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

1986 · 1 incident

February 11, 1986 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Pelican Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

I NAME AND II N5ME WERE PUTTING AN IMPELLER BACK INTO THE PUMP SHELL ON THE DREDGE BOAT WITH A COME A LONG THE IMPELLER SLIPPED OFF OF THE COME A LONG AND FELL ON I NAME S LEGS THE LEFT LEG I S BROKEN JUST A6OVE THE ANKLE.