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Spell Pit: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Spell Trucking Inc · Surface
Controlled by Spell Mavis M
St Tammany County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601135

Spell Pit has had no fatalities among 1 reportable incident since 1988.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1988
Latest incident
May 1988
Ownership history
  1. Spell Trucking Inc 1987 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
1991 0
1990 2
1989 2
1988 2
1987 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Spell Pit 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

May 9, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal haul/off road/coal/ore/pit/quarry/rock/rubber tire truck driver, transportation truck driver POWERED HAULAGE
Spell Trucking Inc · Fall from machine

OWNER OPERATOR TRUCK DRIVER CAME INTO PIT TO GET GRAVEL. HE LOADED HIS OWN TRUCK. HE HAD BEEN INFORMED NOT TO GET ON LOADER. NO EXPERIENCE IN OPERATING LOADER. HE LET ENGINE DIE MACHINE STARTING ROLLING BACKWARD HE GOT FRIGHTENED & JUMPED OFF. BROKE KNEE WHEN HE JUMPED.