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Port Allen Grinding Plant: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Arnold A W
West Baton Rouge County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601000

MSHA record for Port Allen Grinding Plant (mine ID 1601000). 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
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. A W Arnold & Associates Inc 1981 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Port Allen Grinding Plant sits in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana · Population 27,666
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$87,320
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

1983 · 1 incident

December 1, 1983 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator OTHER
A W Arnold & Associates Inc · Bodily reaction, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

PETER WAS OPERATING THE LOADER WHEN HE NOTICED DIRT IN ORE PILE. HE STOPPED THE LOADER AND WENT 40 ORE PILE TO REMOVE DIRT, AS HE FINISHED AND WENT TO STAND UPRIGHT HE TWISTED AND SPRUNG HIS BACK.