Mining Incidents

Sheep Mountain Mine Metal/Non-Metal

Energy Fuels Wyoming Inc · Underground
Controlled by Energy Fuels Inc
Fremont County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800969

MSHA record for Sheep Mountain Mine (mine ID 4800969). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
21
Years on record
1984–1999
Latest incident
Mar 1999
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2000
4
inspections on record
40
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: 40 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
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
2001 Q3 76 0 0 0.0
2001 Q2 117 0 0 0.0
2001 Q1 400 0 0 0.0
2000 Q4 960 0 0 0.0
2000 Q3 437 0 0 0.0
2000 Q2 901 0 0 0.0
2000 Q1 2,220 0 0 0.0
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

21 on file

1999 · 2 incidents

March 1, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sheep Mountain Partners · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE PREPARED TO GET OFF LOCOMOTIVE, ON THE WATER DITCH SIDE. HE STEPPED INTO THE DITCH. HE DID NOT REALIZE HOW DEEP DITCH WAS. HE PUT EXTRAWEIGHT ON HIS RIGHT KNEE, AND FELT PAIN. HAVING KNEE PROBLEMS IN THE PAST HE DID NOT REPORT THISUNTIL LATER. DOCTOR ADMINISTERED MRI TESTING ON 03/03/99. DOCTOR INFORMED EMPLOYEE THAT HE TORE HIS KNEE CARTILAGE. SURGERY WILL BE REQUIRED.

January 13, 1999 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sheep Mountain Partners · Fall from machine

INJ MAN HAD FINISHED UNLOADING CHAIN LINK FENCE OFF TRUCK WENT TO GET OFF TRUCK & TRIPPED OVER WENCH CABLE FELL APPROX 4 FT THE TO THE FLOOR MAN HAD CUTS TO LIPS & RIGHT KNEE, ALSO LEFT WRI ST WAS SWELLING. TREATED CUTS & BRUISE & SENT HIM IN FOR XRAY OF WRIST. XRAY SHOWS CRACK BONES ABOVE WRIST

1997 · 3 incidents

1995 · 1 incident

April 5, 1995 WY · Metal/Non-Metal EXPLODING VESSELS UNDER PRESSURE
Sheep Mountain Partners · Fall from machine

PUMP LINE COMING OFF 8" PUMP LINE IN SHAFT HAD A SPLIT IN 2" VALVE. I GOT OFF ON LANDING TO SPRAY WD 40 ON FITTING AND NIPPLE BROKE OFF AND THE WATER IN THE 8" PUMP LINE BLEW ME OFF THE LANDIN G DOWN ABOUT 8'. I LANDED ON MY SHOULDER AND WRIST.

1994 · 1 incident

March 4, 1994 WY · Metal/Non-Metal truck driver SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sheep Mountain Partners · Fall to the walkway or working surface

HE WAS READYING THE AREA AT THE FACE FOR BOLTING. HE WAS CARRYING A G.D. 63 JACKLEY TO THE AREA, SLIPPED AND FELL. HURT RIGHT KNEE BADLY - HAD TO BE OPERATED ON AS SOON AS IN HOSPITAL

1993 · 1 incident

September 1, 1993 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sheep Mountain Partners · Over-exertion in pulling or pushing objects

JACKLEG DRILL GOT STUCK IN HOLE. WE WERE LIFTING DRILL UP TRYING TO GET IT OUT OF THE DOWNHOLE WE WERE DRILLING AND IT PULLED MY LOWER BACK MUSCLE.

1992 · 2 incidents

September 4, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal outside foreman, leadman HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sheep Mountain Partners · Struck by falling object

LEANED JACKLEG ON FUEL TANK. CRAWLED UNDER TANK TO PLACE AN EYE PIN. JACKLEG SLID OFF TANK. HIT ME ON THE BACK.

July 15, 1992 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman MACHINERY
Sheep Mountain Partners · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LOADING 55 GAL DRUM OF OIL IN BACK OF PICK UP TRUCK. CHAIN AROUND DRUM LIFTING WITH OVER HEAD HOIST CHAIN SLIPPED ON DRUM EE TRIED TO RETAIN BARELL FROM FALLING HELD DRUM CAUSING STRAIN TO LOW ER BACK.

1990 · 1 incident

September 28, 1990 WY · Metal/Non-Metal laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sheep Mountain Partners · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

CLIMBING STEEL LADDER ON CONCRETE BATCH PLANT. SLIPPED ON RUNG OF LADDER CASUING PULLED USCLE IN LOWER BACK AREA.

1989 · 1 incident

September 14, 1989 WY · Metal/Non-Metal FIRE
Sheep Mountain Partners · Contact with hot objects or substances

MAN WAS BURNING TRASH- DRUM OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT RUPTURED AND SPRAYED WITH HOT OIL. BURNED HANDS AND LEFT LEG.

1988 · 6 incidents

December 8, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Sheep Mountain Partners · Caught in, under or between a moving and a stationary object

WIRE ROPE CAUGHT ON EDGE OF SCHEAVE BLOCK-EMPLOYEE PULLED CABLE FREE.ROPE CAUGHT FINGERS BETWEEN ROPE AND SHEAVE BLOCK.

October 18, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Sheep Mountain Partners · Over-exertion in lifting objects

LIFTING AND CARRYING TOWER BAR SCALER ON 2 LEVEL SLIPPED AND PULLED BACK.

July 29, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
Sheep Mountain Partners · Struck by falling object

I WAS BENDING OVER CUTTING OUT SOME WIRE AND A SLAB FELL OUT OF THE BACK AND HIT ME BETWEEN THE SHOULDER BLADES

April 6, 1988 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Sheep Mountain Partners · Struck by falling object

DRILLING ROCK BOLT HOLES FOR SPLIT SET STEEL RETAINER CAME TO OPEN POSITION EMPLOYEE LOWERED JACK LEG FROM VERTICAL UP HOLE WITH STEEL IN HOLE AS DRILL CLEARED END OF STEEL STEEL CAME OUT OF H OLE FALLING 8 FT STRIKING EMPLOHEE ON TOP OF FOOT

1986 · 1 incident

October 9, 1986 WY · Metal/Non-Metal hoistman, hoist operator HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Western Nuclear Inc · Over-exertion in lifting objects

EMPLOYEE WAS TR2ING TO LIFT AND LOAD TWO TEN FOOT SECTIONS OF DITCH LAUNDER THE LAUNDER WAS RUSTED TOGETHER AND WOULD NOT PART DURING THE COURSE OF THIS LABOR THE EMPLOYEE FELT A PULL IN THE ABDOMEN 3

1984 · 2 incidents

March 20, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Western Nuclear Inc · Fall to lower level, (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMP WAS WALKING THROUGH A MAIN HAULAGE DRIFT WHEN HE STEPPED IN A SMALL HOLE BETWEEN TRACK TIES AND SPRAINED HIS LEFT ANKLE. HE WAS OFF WORK ONE DAY TO ALLOW THE ALLEGED PAIN TO SUBSIDE. THERE WAS NO EXTERNAL INJURY VISIBLE

February 28, 1984 WY · Metal/Non-Metal ledgeman/hand, quarry man MACHINERY
Western Nuclear Inc · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS SHIPPING MUCK FROM THE 3 LEVEL TRENCH TO THE SURFACE, USING A 60 HP SLUSHER. THE SLUSHER CABLE BROKE CAUSING A WHIUPLASH WHICH CAME AROUND THE CABLE GUARD HITTING THE MAN ON THE N ECK. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION AND SEVERE BRUISES ON THE NECK.

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