Kinder Sand Company LLC
· Contact with electrical current
A master electrician was fatally injured while trouble-shooting 460 volt electric motor. (question #26: experience at this mine TWO hours.)
Kinder Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Arena Industrial Inc.
· Surface
Controlled by
CrowdOut Capital LLC
Alexandria,
Allen County,
LA
·
Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 1600555
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- Fatalities
- 1
- Total incidents
- 3
- Years on record
- 2002–2006
- Latest incident
- Jun 2006
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2000
162
citations
56
significant & substantial
$76,278
proposed penalties
$76,278
paid to date
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q3 | 17,986 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 16,307 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q4 | 1,674 | 3 | 1 | 1792.1 |
| 2024 Q3 | 18,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 19,266 | 3 | 0 | 155.7 |
| 2024 Q1 | 28,399 | 3 | 0 | 105.6 |
| 2023 Q4 | 26,287 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 17,833 | 11 | 4 | 616.8 |
Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Fatalities at this mine
1 recordedReportable incidents
2 on file (excluding fatalities above)2006 · 1 incident
June 27, 2006
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator
HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object
Employee shut down Megatex then using a pry bar, pushed Megatex over and reached into pipe with right hand to remove obstruction. Pry bar slipped causing Megatex to slide back over employee's right hand. Right wrist and hand were lacerated and smashed.
2002 · 1 incident
December 16, 2002
LA · Metal/Non-Metal
mine manager, mine foreman, mine owner
STEPPING OR KNEELING ON OBJECT
Kinder Sand Company LLC · Struck against stationary object
EMPLOYEE WAS WALKING UNDER A PART OF THE PLANT TO GO TURN OFF A VALVE. HE DUCKED UNDER A PIPE. HE DID NOT DUCK DOWN FAR ENOUGH AND STRUCK HIS HEAD ON THE HANDLE OF A VALVE. THE HANDLE WENT UND ER THE BRIM OF HIS HARD HAT AND STRUCK HIS FOREHEAD. HE RECEIVED A 2" LACERATION WHICH REQUIRED SUTURES.