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Gas Hills Mine: 4 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Union Carbide Corp
Fremont County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800862

MSHA record for Gas Hills Mine (mine ID 4800862). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
4
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Dec 1983
Ownership history
  1. Umetco Minerals Corp 1950 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Gas Hills Mine sits in Fremont County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 3.1% 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.
Fremont County, Wyoming · Population 39,472
3.1%
Mining share of county employment
$64,646
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

4 on file

1983 · 4 incidents

December 7, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck by falling object

SONNENSCHEIN AND WILLIAMS HAD BROUGHT A 651 CATERPILLAR SCRAPER INTO THE SHOP TO REPLACE ROUTER BITS AND CUTTING EDGES. JUST BEFORE COMPLETION OFTHE JOB ONE OR MORE PIECES OF FROZEN DIRT, SNOE SNOW & ICE WEIGHING APPROX 800 POUNDS FELL ON SONNENSCHEIN. HE SUFFERED A FRACTURED LEFT TIBIA A FRACTURE OF THE PELVIS A FRACTURE MANDIBLE AND A LACERATION OF THE CHIN WITH MULTIPLE CONTUSIO

April 11, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech SLIP OR FALL OF PERSON
Umetco Minerals Corp · Fall from machine

GETTING OFF D-9 CAT. EMPL STEPPED FROM TRACK TO DOZER ARM,AS WEIGHT WAS PUT ON ARM HIS FOOT SLIPPED .FELL BACKWARD AND GRABBED FOR HAND HOLD ON FENDER,TWISTING HIS BACK.

April 5, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal greaser, grease man, oiler, lube man, dragline oiler HANDLING OF MATERIALS
Umetco Minerals Corp · Over-exertion (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE AWS MOUNTING LADDER TO CAB OF 659-B CATTERPILLAR END DUMP TRUCK STRAINED MUSCLE OF LEFTR LEG AT OUTSIDE OF HIS KNEE

February 22, 1983 WY · Metal/Non-Metal maintenance man, mechanic, repair/serviceman, boilermaker, fueler, tire tech, field service tech HANDTOOLS (NONPOWERED)
Umetco Minerals Corp · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)

EMPLOYEE WAS OPENING A BUCKET OF FIRE EXTINGUISHER POWDER WITH A POCKET KNIFE KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING LEFT SMALL FINGER REQUIRING 3 SUTURES TO CLOSE