Mining Incidents

Ruston Clay Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Ruston Brick Works · Surface
Lincoln County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600043

MSHA record for Ruston Clay Mine (mine ID 1600043). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Ruston Brick Works 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Ruston Clay Mine sits in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 1.8% 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.
Lincoln Parish, Louisiana · Population 48,160
1.8%
Mining share of county employment
$38,035
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.