Mining Incidents

Tynes Island Gravel Pit: 7 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

St Helena County, LA  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1601094

MSHA record for Tynes Island Gravel Pit (mine ID 1601094). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
7
Years on record
1988–1992
Latest incident
Dec 1992
Ownership history
  1. Acme Gravel Company Inc 1986 to 2002
  2. Barber Brothers Contracting Co LLC 2002 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Tynes Island Gravel Pit sits in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana, where the Census mining category is 2.1% 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. Helena Parish, Louisiana · Population 10,849
2.1%
Mining share of county employment
$50,193
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

7 on file

1992 · 2 incidents

December 17, 1992 LA · Metal/Non-Metal barge/boat/dredge/towbarge/towboat/leach operator, riverman, deck hand IGNITION OR EXPLOSION OF GAS OR DUST
Acme Gravel Company Inc · Contact with hot objects or substances

CUMMINS DIESEL ENGINE ON DREDGE WOULD NOT START SO EE SPRAYED EITHER INTO AIR FILTER EE STOOD NEXT TO AIR FILTER AS HE CRANKED ENGINE MOTOR BACKFIRED AND FLAME ERUPTED FROM AIR FILTER. Y

June 22, 1992 LA · Metal/Non-Metal tipple/top lander/skip dumper operator, binman, topman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Acme Gravel Company Inc · Fall onto or against objects

WALKING ON STEEL DECK OF DREDGE SLIPPED AND FELL BACK STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON PLATE

1991 · 2 incidents

March 6, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor OTHER
Acme Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS WORKING ON FRONT END LOADER WITH THE BATTERY COVER RAISED. THE WIND BLEW THE COVER DOWN ON HIS HAND.

January 22, 1991 LA · Metal/Non-Metal prep plant foreman, supervisor, mill plant supervisor, kiln supervisor HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Gravel Company Inc · Struck by falling object

EE WAS CARRING A STEEL BLOCK FROM A SHORAGE AREA TO A TRUCK WHEN THE BLOCK SLIPPED OUT OF HIS HANDS LANDING ON HIS FOOT.

1990 · 1 incident

May 18, 1990 LA · Metal/Non-Metal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
Acme Gravel Company Inc · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

THEY WERE IN PROCESS OF LIFTING THE CONVEYOR BELT'S BASKET OFF THE GROUND WITH A FRONT END LOADER. I.NAME WAS THE FRONT END LOADER OPERATOR WHIEL I.NAME REMAINED ON THE GROUND HOLDING THE BASK ET STEADY. WHEN I.NAME SIGNALLED HIM TO LIFT THE BASKET, HE LIFTED TOO QUICKLY, JERKING BOTH THE BASKET AND I.NAME OFF THE GROUND.

1988 · 2 incidents

November 17, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer OTHER
Acme Gravel Company Inc · Struck by flying object

EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A BULLDOZER WHEN THE WIND BEGAN BLOWING AND BLEW SAND INTO EMPLOYEE'S EYE.

August 2, 1988 LA · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Acme Gravel Company Inc · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

EMPLOYEE WAS LIFTING THE WEAR PLATE WHEN THE PUMP MOVED CAUSING EMPLOYEE TO MASH HIS FINGER BETWEEN THE WEARPLATE AND THE DOOR.