Mining Incidents

THOMPSON'S PIT Metal/Non-Metal

La Pole & Piling Company Inc · Surface
Controlled by Arthur Thompson
Kentwood, Tangipahoa County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601356

MSHA record for THOMPSON'S PIT (mine ID 1601356). 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
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
8
inspections on record
47
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: 47 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. La Pole & Piling Company Inc 1999 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2004 2
2003 1
2002 0
2001 2
2000 2
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

THOMPSON'S PIT sits in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 0.8% 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.
Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana · Population 135,218
0.8%
Mining share of county employment
$57,256
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
2004 Q1 160 0 0 0.0
2003 Q4 7 0 0 0.0
2003 Q3 10 0 0 0.0
2003 Q2 0 0 0
2002 Q1 0 0 0
2001 Q4 0 0 0
2001 Q3 624 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 1,256 0 0 0.0
Show 5 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2001 Q1 884 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 936 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 0 0 0
2000 Q2 1,100 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 34 0 0 0.0

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.