Mining Incidents

Hereford Pit Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Richard Gilpatrick
Laramie County, WY  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 4800519

MSHA record for Hereford Pit (mine ID 4800519). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
Latest incident
Ownership history
  1. Read Readymix Company 1950 to 1979
  2. Gilpatrick Construction Company Inc 1979 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Hereford Pit sits in Laramie County, Wyoming, where the Census mining category is 1.2% 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.
Laramie County, Wyoming · Population 100,661
1.2%
Mining share of county employment
$77,884
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.