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Gas Hills Mill: 1 reportable incident Metal/Non-Metal

Umetco Minerals Corp · Facility
Controlled by Union Carbide Corp
Natrona County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800479

MSHA record for Gas Hills Mill (mine ID 4800479). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
1
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Nov 1983
Ownership history
  1. Umetco Minerals Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gas Hills Mill sits in Natrona County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 6.5% 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.
Natrona County, Wyoming · Population 79,735
6.5%
Mining share of county employment
$71,247
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

1 on file

1983 · 1 incident

November 7, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Umetco Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

REMOVING CARDBOARD FILE FROM STORAGE ON SHELF.DRAWER BECAME OVERBALANCED AND STARTED TO FALL.EMPL TRIED TO CATCH DRAWER AND STRAINED NECK MUSCLE.