Mining Incidents

SICILY IS GRAVEL CO INC: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Ernest Kiper
Catahoula County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600346

MSHA record for SICILY IS GRAVEL CO INC (mine ID 1600346). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1987
Latest incident
Sep 1987
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
1
inspections on record
6
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 6 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Sicily Island Gravel Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2000 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

SICILY IS GRAVEL CO INC sits in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 8.9% 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.
Catahoula Parish, Louisiana · Population 8,738
8.9%
Mining share of county employment
$47,753
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2000 Q1 624 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1987 · 2 incidents

September 1, 1987 LA · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sicily Island Gravel Corp · Struck against stationary object

MECHANIC WAS US3NG A CHAIN ON A D-8 CRAWLER TRACTOR WHEN HIS FINGER (LITTLE) ON RT.HAND STRUCK A SHARP OBJECT MECHYANIC HAD FOUR STICHES TO HIS FINGER (LITTLE) ON RIGHT HAND

April 16, 1987 LA · Metal/Non-Metal mechanic helper MACHINERY
Sicily Island Gravel Corp · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS US3NG ACP AIR WRENCH PINNED HIS RIGHT HAND TO THE FLOOR.