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M-I Drilling Fluids Company operator

Controlled by Schlumberger Ltd

MSHA operator ID: L09322

Fatalities: 1
Total incidents: 96
Mines on record: 11
Years on record: 1987–1994

Top causes

POWERED HAULAGE 1 fatality · 10 non-fatal
HANDLING OF MATERIALS 38 non-fatal
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED) 14 non-fatal
SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON 14 non-fatal
MACHINERY 10 non-fatal
OTHER 5 non-fatal

Incident timeline

1994

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1992

9 (1f)

1991

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1987

Mines on record

Galveston Grinding Plant TX
Greystone Mine NV
Battle Mountain Grinding Plant NV
Magnet Cove Mill WY
Magnet Cove Mine WY
AMELIA BARITE PLANT LA
Westlake Grinding Plant LA
Clipper Mine NV
M-I L.L.C.-Brownsville Grinding Plant TX
New Orleans Grinding Plant LA
Houston Barite Plant TX

Fatalities under this operator

1 recorded

May 4, 1992 TX · Metal/Non-Metal auger helper Fatality · POWERED HAULAGE

M-I Drilling Fluids Company · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN PULLEYS ON CRUDE ORE LONG BELT LEADING TO STORAGE TANKS, WHEN HE WAS PULLED INTO A PINCH POINT USING BROKEN HANDLE HOE TO SCRAPE THE PULLEY, SYSTEM HAD NOT BEEN DE-ENGERG IZED OR LOCKED OUT AND WAS STILL IN OPERATION

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