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Pso Mine N0 1: 2 reportable incidents Coal

Controlled by Oftedal W T
Sheridan, Sheridan County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4801044

Pso Mine N0 1 has had no fatalities among 2 reportable incidents since 1995.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1995
Latest incident
Dec 1995
Ownership history
  1. Ash Creek Mining Company 1976 to 1995
  2. E H Oftedal & Sons Inc 1995 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
ⓘ Coal production is reported quarterly and lags the current period; the most recent quarters may be incomplete.
Year Employees Coal produced (tons)
1996 40
1995 18
1994 1
1993 1
1992 1
1991 1
1990 1
1989 1
1988 1
1987 1
1986 1
1985 1
1984 2 434
1983 2 1,235
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly; years before 2000 come from MSHA's archived Part 50 employment files.

Pso Mine N0 1 sits in Sheridan County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 4.6% 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.
Sheridan County, Wyoming · Population 31,585
4.6%
Mining share of county employment
$70,855
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1995 · 2 incidents

December 11, 1995 WY · Coal front-end loader, scraper-loader operator, pan operator, payloader, scraper rig operator POWERED HAULAGE
E H Oftedal & Sons Inc · Struck against a moving object

EE WAS OPERATING A SCRAPER WHEN HE RAN OVER AND FELL OFF OF A ROCK, INJURING BACK.

October 19, 1995 WY · Coal bulldozer operator, universal operator, heavy equipment operator, operating engineer POWERED HAULAGE
E H Oftedal & Sons Inc · Struck against a moving object

OPERATING D9L PUSH-CAT WHEN STRUCK FROM REAR BY SCRAPER. IMPACT DROVE OPERATOR OF D9L FORWARD AND TO THE RT STRIKING HEAD, RT HAND, LFT ARM, AND BACK ON INTERIOR OF CAB.