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Deadman Mine: 3 reportable incidents Coal

Wy-Ida Coal Company · Underground
Controlled by Jenkins Gordon W
Alpine, Lincoln County, WY  ·  Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 4801454

MSHA record for Deadman Mine (mine ID 4801454). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
3
Years on record
1987–1988
Latest incident
Jul 1988
Ownership history
  1. Wy-Ida Coal Company 1986 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Deadman Mine sits in Lincoln County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 4.8% 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.
Lincoln County, Wyoming · Population 20,158
4.8%
Mining share of county employment
$86,092
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

3 on file

1988 · 2 incidents

July 6, 1988 WY · Coal bull gang foreman, labor foreman, leadman, section foreman, shift boss ENTRAPMENT
Wy-Ida Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE SETTING ARCHES BELOW THE HIGHWALL A ROCK SLIDE OCCURRED KNOCKING DOWN SEVERAL OF THE ARCHES A DETERMINATION OF DAMAGE TO MACHINES CAN NOT BE MADE AT THIS TIME NO SERIOUS TO MAN

July 6, 1988 WY · Coal continuous miner operator, coal mole operator ENTRAPMENT
Wy-Ida Coal Company · Struck by falling object

WHILE SETTING ARCHES BELOW THE HIGHWALL A PORTION OF THE HIGHWALL SLID OFF KNOCKING OVER THE PREVIOUSLY SET ARCHES AND TRAPPING TWO MEN UNDER THEM NOT ALL OF THE STEEL SETS WERE KNOCKED DOWN

1987 · 1 incident

August 12, 1987 WY · Coal coal/ore shovel operator, shoveler, power shoveler MACHINERY
Wy-Ida Coal Company · Fall from machine

HE WAS SITTING 3N THE CAB OF THE BACKHOE TALKING WITH I.NAME AS TO WHAT WORK WAS REQUIRED.SUDDENLY,WITHOUT WARNING,THE BACKHOE ROLLED BACKWARDS DOWN AN INCLINE ON THE ROAD,RAPIDLY GATHERING SP EED.HE JUMPED O6T AND LANDED HEAVILY IN A DITCH.BROKEN RIGHT FEMUR.BACKHOE DID NOT HIT HIM.PROBABLY DUE TO BRAKE FAILURE.